Alice's Cookie Icing Salted Or Unsalted Butter?

Baking By fragglerock1 Updated 24 Feb 2007 , 3:16am by fragglerock1

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fragglerock1 Posted 23 Feb 2007 , 5:24pm
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I only have unsalted, can I just add a little bit of salt if I need too? Also, do y'all flavor the icing with anything, like vanilla or something. I find the taste of the meringue powder a little bitter. Thanks!

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JoAnnB Posted 23 Feb 2007 , 6:07pm
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It will be fine to sub unsalted for salted. As long as it is fresh, there almost no difference. Use a light hand on the salt, but taste it first. Since it doesn't have to be white/white, I almost always add vanilla.

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Cake_Princess Posted 24 Feb 2007 , 3:06am
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Originally Posted by fragglerock1

I only have unsalted, can I just add a little bit of salt if I need too? Also, do y'all flavor the icing with anything, like vanilla or something. I find the taste of the a little bitter. Thanks!





If you want you can add a bit of salt about a 1/4 tsp for one batch. The icing should not need any flavoring. You have flavoring in the cookies and the blend of the cookies and icing should be enough.


Hmmm, about the bitter taste, I can't help you there. Was your meringue powder fresh? What about the butter? Hmmm

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fragglerock1 Posted 24 Feb 2007 , 3:16am
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I just bought the butter and meringue powder, so I don't think it's either of those. I am getting sick, maybe that's throwing my taste buds off. I've made this icing once before and it didn't have a weird taste at all.

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