My Go-To Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream cheese frosting makes everything better. This recipe has appears on my blog so many times, I decided it deserves it’s own post. I’ve used it to top cinnamon rolls, Oreo cupcakes, Carrot Cake Cheesecake, and everything in between.

When you’re making cream cheese frosting, make sure you give the cream cheese enough time to come to room temperature. If it’s still cold, the frosting will be clumpy. And no one likes clumpy frosting! I usually set mine out at least 2 hours prior to whipping up the frosting.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

This is my go-to cream cheese frosting. It will make enough frosting for 12 cupcakes and can easily be doubled.

Yield: 1 cup (enough to frost 12 cupcakes)

Ingredients:

4 oz cream cheese at room temp
1/2 stick (4 Tbsp) butter at room temp
1/2 Tbsp vanilla
1 1/2-2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

Place the cream cheese in the bowl of your mixer. Beat on medium-high until completely smooth, 3-4 minutes. Add the butter and continue to cream until fluffy.

Add vanilla extract. Slowly add powdered sugar (1/4 cup at a time) until desired consistency is reached.

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7 Responses to “Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies”

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    Jenn @ BentoForKidlet — January 13, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    Those look amazing! Pretzels and chocolate are a delicious combo! Thanks for the recipe!

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    Vanessa — January 13, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    I love it! Everyone IS thinking about health and I can’t stop thinking about cake! 😉
    These look yummy!

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    stephchows — January 13, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    mmm I bet those add a nice crunch! sounds great!

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    Sunshine — January 14, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Oh man oh man oh man! I love this combo! My local frozen custard place makes a sweet n’ salty combo just like it. Now I’m gonna have to make the cookies for when I can’t get my custard fix.

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    Mrs. Alex P — January 26, 2010 at 3:53 pm

    I made these last week after reading your post; they were awesome!

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    teresacooks — February 4, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    I just made these, and they’re So good! I posted about it at http://www.teresacooks.com
    I’ve got my eye on the cookie dough brownies next, I like your style!

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    Kristi — October 13, 2010 at 1:13 am

    I made these tonight, they taste really good. I didn’t follow your exact recipe. I only used about 1 1/4 c pretzels. I wish I had used more. My only issue is that the pretzels didn’t stay crispy. I really enjoy your blog.

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