My Go-To Cream Cheese Frosting

Friday, January 13, 2012

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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8 comments »

12 Responses to “Sugar Cookie Bars”

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Katie — April 7, 2009 at 12:46 pm

YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY! I love this idea!! 🙂
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cateskitchen — April 7, 2009 at 1:19 pm

Perfect! I crave sugar cookies a lot but just can’t handle the rolling out process sometimes.
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wyndesnow — April 7, 2009 at 4:50 pm

These look yummy! My kids are always asking me to make sugar cookies and I start out strong and by the end am regretting making them. This may be the perfect tradeoff.
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madebymel — April 7, 2009 at 7:10 pm

Yum! These look delicious and way easier than frosting individual cookies!
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Kerstin — April 7, 2009 at 11:07 pm

What a great idea – I rarely take the time to make cookies since bars are so much faster and just as tasty. I love all the sprinkles too 🙂
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bcallegra — April 8, 2009 at 1:16 am

Just the recipe I was looking for – I may have to try it this week as an Easter treat for my coworkers.
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Jen — April 8, 2009 at 2:15 am

Anyone who is thinking about making these definitely should. They’re seriously SO GOOD. I just made them Sunday and I’m making them again for Easter.
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Mermaid Sweets — April 8, 2009 at 8:15 pm

I had the same reaction when they popped up in my google reader – and now again this time. They are on my list!
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Dawn — April 12, 2009 at 10:31 pm

I keep seeing these and now I must try them. I love, no crave, sugar cookies all the time.
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finsmom — April 14, 2009 at 4:22 am

I will be making this soon! Looks incredible!
Thanks for sharing!
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Ingrid — April 14, 2009 at 6:37 pm

Yum, I’ve made these before. They are excellent and soooo much easier. Yours looks good. I’m going to try them with buttercream instead of cream cheese frosting next time.
~ingrid
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Hui Min — July 18, 2010 at 6:00 am

I think it will be better to put up the size of the baking pan too.
Thank you very much for the recipe. =D

My Go-To Cream Cheese Frosting