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Swiss Meringue Buttercream

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Martha Stewart Living, February 2009
  • Yield Makes about 5 cups
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 5 large egg whites, room temperature
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, cut into pieces
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Place sugar, whites, and salt in a heatproof mixer bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Whisk until sugar dissolves and mixture registers 160 degrees on a candy thermometer.
  2. Attach bowl to mixer. Whisk on medium speed for 5 minutes. Increase speed to medium-high, and whisk until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 6 minutes. Reduce speed to medium, and add butter, 1 piece at a time, whisking well after each addition. Whisk in vanilla.

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