Seven-Minute Icing

Name: Seven-Minute Icing
Yield: Makes about 6 cups
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, water, plus water for simmering; 4 , large egg whites; 1 1/4 cups (8¾ ounces/248 grams), sugar; 1 teaspoon, cream of tartar; Pinch, table salt; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cook's Extras

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2006

Some quick frostings are too sweet or too gritty-but not this one.

SERVES Makes about 6 cups

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