The Best Vanilla-Spice Icing

Ingredients:

• 1/2 C milk
• 3″ piece vanilla bean
• 3″ piece cinnamon stick
• 1/2 tsp cream of tarter
• 1 C powdered sugar

Directions:

• In a small saucepan, warm milk with vanilla bean and cinnamon stick over low heat (approximately 10 – 15 minutes).  Do not let it boil.  Cool.
• In a medium bowl whisk together powdered sugar, cream of tarter and 3 tsp of the cooled milk. (reserve extra milk for additional batches of frosting)
• If needed, add additional milk to reach desired consistency.

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