Instructions: Make a caramel syrup of the granulated sugar by heating it slowly over a flame until it melts and becomes straw colored. Remove from fire. Add boiling water carefully as it splatters. Stir until sugar is dissolved.

Cream butter until soft. Add 1/2 cup confectioners sugar. Then add sugar syrup, beating well. Add remaining confectioners sugar gradually, thinning with milk to a spreading consistency.

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