Poor Man's Frosting

Ingredients

• 0.8 cup butter softened
• 5 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 cup milk 
• 0.1 teaspoon salt 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• sauce pan
• whisk
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Whisk milk into flour in small saucepan until smooth.
2. Heat and stir until it boils and thickens. Cool thoroughly.
3. With an electric mixer beat the butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in the cooled flour paste and mix until smooth. Stir in the vanilla. Use to frost any cooled cake.