• Combine half of the confectioner’s sugar, with the softened butter, salt, and vanilla, in the bowl of a stand mixer. Stir on low until combined.
• Increase the speed to medium and beat until fluffy - scraping the sides as needed.
• Add the remaining confectioner’s sugar, mixing on low until combined and then increasing to high to whip and aerate to a fluffy consistency. (If the frosting appears too dry, add a splash of milk and mix again)
• Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.
• Pipe the frosting onto your serving board.
• Arrange the fruit, cookies, or candies as desired.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

If you are making this for a patriotic holiday -

• Print out and place the flag PDF (included) under a piece of parchment paper. You could free-hand if you want, but we like to keep the lines straight to know which rows get the strawberries, etc.
• Pipe straight rows of frosting on the parchment for the red and white stripes of the flag (leaving the blue corner empty for now).
• Starting at the top - begin placing the strawberries in a line horizontally, leaving the white stripes visible and empty of any decoration. The stripes should begin and end with red, alternating 13 rows of red and white. Cut the strawberries, if needed to fit nicely in the rows.
• Pipe the remaining corner of the flag. This entire area gets covered in a single layer of blueberries. Try to size them up to fit the area nicely.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

SERVE

• Place your desired variety of dippers all around the frosting board, including: Oreos, Nilla Wafers, chocolate squares, pretzels, etc.