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Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting

2 tablespoons butter or margarine, room temperature
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 square (1 oz.) unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons warm cream or evaporated milk

In small mixing bowl cream butter. Add confectioners' sugar, salt, melted chocolate, vanilla and enough warm cream to make of spreadable consistency.

NOTE: For rich, more satiny icing increase butter to 1/4 cup (1/2 stick).

(Source: Mormon Country Cooking - Winnifred Jardine, pg. 263)

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