This frosting is crazy because it uses a cooked milk and flour mixture as a key element.
Ingredients
5 tablespoons flour
1 cup of milk
1 vanilla bean
1 cup of butter (2 sticks), room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar (not powdered)
Instructions
Put the milk in a small pot and scrape the vanilla bean seeds into it along with the pod. Let sit for up to a half hour. Add the flour to the vanilla and milk and heat to a simmer whisking constantly. Allow the mixture to thicken (it will look like a paste). Let cool completely. In a medium mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter until light in color and not grainy in texture. Add the flour mixture (remove pod) and beat on medium high for 5 minutes or more. You want it to resemble very stuff whipped cream. It is so delicious, it is hard to describe. The end! <3
Recipe by Seasonal Spices at http://www.seasonalspices.com/2014/07/adventures-in-vanilla-bean/