Food and Recipes Desserts Cakes Buttermilk Frosting Be the first to rate & review! Buttermilk Frosting is a quick and easy frosting to whip up. By Southern Living Editors Updated on February 27, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: CREDIT: LEE HARRELSON; STYLING: JAN GAUTRO Hands On Time: 10 mins Total Time: 10 mins Yield: 2 cups This frosting is just what we need when it's time to decorate cookies with ease and flair. It's thick and creamy enough to hold sprinkles, candies, chips, nuts, colored sugar, and the like in place. Just slather it on and sprinkle away. The buttermilk adds a delightful, subtle tang that balances the sugar and makes the cookies taste better than ever. The trick is to use real buttermilk or reconstituted buttermilk powder instead of settling for regular milk that's curdled with vinegar or lemon juice. Ingredients ½ cup butter, softened 1 (16-ounce) package powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 to 5 tablespoons buttermilk Directions Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended. Slowly beat in vanilla and 4 tablespoons buttermilk. Increase speed to medium and beat until smooth. If desired, beat in remaining 1 tablespoon buttermilk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Rate it Print