Butterscotch Frosting.. A success.. Thus far!

And breathe out... Whew! I can finally breathe an excited sigh of relief. I think I just held my breathe for the duration while "whipping" up some Butterscotch Frosting,... holding,..holding,...holding,... did it work?! It did!

My plan today was to give White Chocolate Frosting another go but I am down to my last two ounces of white chocolate chips and 1/2 a stick of butter. I googled White Chocolate Frosting and decided on the first easy recipe I could find and set to work. I substituted Butterscotch Chips for White Chocolate chips since it was the only 4 ounce thing I had on hand (4 ounces on the dot I was meant to make Butterscotch Frosting obviously!) and got to work. My recipe:

4 oz. white chocolate
3/4 c. confectioners' sugar
Dash salt
2 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Melt chocolate; blend in confectioners' sugar, salt and butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Stir in vanilla. (For more, use 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 4 tablespoons hot water.)

I substituted butterscotch chips for the white chocolate and melted in the microwave. The butterscotch were melted but definitely not liquid-y. I decided this probably worked best so my frosting would be thicker. While still warm (to keep the butterscotch from re-hardening), I added the confectioner's sugar, salt and butter. The frosting tasted great with those ingredients but was quite lumpy so I threw in the 1 tsp of Vanilla and Voila! A smooth, creamy Butterscotch frosting was made!

I frosted frozen Magnolia Bakery Vanilla Cupcakes I made last week and now we will wait and see how the frosting sets. Until then, feast your eyes on yumminess!