Cookie Recipes
Butterscotch Marshmallow Squares
with Browned Butter Icing
Ingredients
Squares
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
Browned Butter Icing
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
Instructions
Squares
- Cream butter, brown sugar and egg; add vanilla extract and beat well.
- Sift together flour, salt and baking powder and stir into creamed mixture. Add chopped nuts.
- Bake in an 8 inch square pan at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and top with marshmallows.
- Return to oven to brown for 2 minutes.
- Cool thoroughly before icing.
Browned Butter Icing
- Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Heat until delicately brown.
- Remove from heat and blend in flour and salt.
- Slowly stir in milk. Return to moderate heat and cook until boiling, stirring constantly. Boil for one minute.
- Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract. Stir rapidly until thick enough to spread over cold marshmallow layer.