Recipe - Burnt Sugar 7-Minute Frosting

One fourth cup Burnt sugar syrup
2 Egg whites, at room temp
1 One fourth cup Sugar
One fourth cup Cold water
One fourth teaspoon Cream of tarter
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Place all the ingredients except the vanilla extract in the top of a double
boiler (but don't place over boiling water yet.) Add One fourth cup of the burnt
sugar syrup. With a small electric mixer, beat One half minute at low speed.
Place pot over boiling water, but don't allow the pan to touch the boiling
water. Cook, beating constantly, until the frosting forms stiff peaks,
about 7 minutes. Add vanilla. Remove from heat and beat 2 minutes longer.
From cooking From Quilt Country by Marcia Adams.

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