Easy Kid-Pleasin' Strawberry Buttercream Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    8 tablespoons salted butter (it helps set- add a shake of table salt if using unsalted)
    3 cups confectioners' sugar, must be beaten in gradually
    1/2 cup strawberry-flavor Nestle Nesquik powder
    1/2 cup 2% low-fat milk (any kind is fine but I normally keep 2% around)
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
    Butter must be highly softened but NOT melted. I'd recommend leaving it out in a safe area for about 20 minutes.
    With an electric mixer, cream the butter with 1 cup confectioners sugar and the milk.
    Beat in the Nesquik and vanilla extract.
    In small increments, beat in the rest of the confectioners' sugar. For a stiffer frosting, add a little more confectioners sugar.
    This will ice about 24-36 cupcakes assuming you use about 2-3 Tbsp per cupcake. It's best to make this after you've baked and are ready to use it because refridgeration will cause it to set and make it practically unspreadable.

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