Colored Butter Glaze Recipes

BROWN-BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Carefully pour butter into a bowl, leaving sediment behind.
• Add sugar, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons milk to butter, and stir until smooth. If glaze is too thick, add more milk. Use immediately.

BROWN BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Cut butter into tablespooon-sized pats and melt over medium heat in a small heavy-bottomed skillet. Choose a skillet that's light in color (stainless or white/ivory enameled) so you can monitor the color of the butter as it browns. When foaming subsides, continue cooking, swirling the pan frequently, until the milk solids are golden brown and the butter has a nutty aroma. (Watch it closely! It can burn quickly.)
• Immediately pour brown butter into a bowl, leaving behind as much of the dark solids in the pan as possible. (You can also pour the brown butter through a fine mesh strainer, if desired.) Set aside to cool just slightly while you sift and measure your powdered sugar.
• Gradually add the powdered sugar to the brown butter, whisking to combine. Whisk in vanilla extract and enough milk or half and half to thin the glaze to your desired consistency for dipping, drizzling, or pouring.

CONFECTIONERS' SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, water and vanilla; stir until combined and smooth (mixture will be thick). Tint with food coloring if desired. With a butter knife or small metal spatula, lightly spread glaze on cooled cookies. Let dry for 1 hour.

COLORED BUTTER GLAZE FOR EASTER EGG CAKES

Steps:

• Pour milk into a small bowl, and stir in food coloring until the desired shade is reached; set aside. Place 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl, and set aside.
• In a small bowl, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Remove pan from heat, and immediately pour butter into the bowl with sugar. Add 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon tinted milk, and whisk until smooth. Immediately glaze three of the cakes; the mixture should be just thin enough so that it runs down the sides of the cake; if not, add a small amount of milk until thinned.
• Repeat Step 2 to glaze the remaining cakes.

BUTTER GLAZE FOR GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Place 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Remove the pan from heat; immediately pour the melted butter into the bowl with the sugar. Add 4 teaspoons milk; whisk until mixture is smooth. Working quickly, dip the top of each cupcake into the glaze, and place cupcake right-side up on a wire rack.
• Repeat step 1; glaze remaining cupcakes. Allow glaze to set, about 20 minutes, before decorating.

GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Quarter and cut carrots into 2-inch lengths.
• In a skillet, bring carrots, sugar, 1/2 cup water, butter, and salt to boil. Reduce heat; simmer, partly covered, 6 minutes.
• Cook uncovered, over high, tossing often until tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with pepper.

GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Place carrots into a large saucepan, pour in enough water to reach depth of 1 inch, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer carrots until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl.
• Melt butter in the same saucepan; stir brown sugar, salt, and white pepper into butter until brown sugar and salt have dissolved. Transfer carrots into brown sugar sauce; cook and stir until carrots are glazed with sauce, about 5 more minutes.

BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Stir in milk.
• Whisk together butter mixture and the sugar in a large bowl until icing is opaque and thickened but still pourable, 4 to 5 minutes. Use immediately.

COLORED BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Place the milk in a small bowl, and stir in the liquid paste color; set aside. Place 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl, and set aside.
• In a small saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Remove pan from heat, and immediately pour butter into the bowl with the sugar. Add 4 teaspoons colored milk, and whisk until smooth. Glaze three of the cakes; the mixture should be just thin enough so that it runs down the sides of the cake.
• Repeat the second step to glaze the remaining three egg cakes.