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.

Dessert, Frosting, Go-To Recipes

8 comments »

9 Responses to “Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies (Bookmarked Recipes)”

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Robyn — September 29, 2008 at 7:02 pm

These look great! I made first pumpkin recipe of the season yesterday as well. I love how it makes you kitchen smell great!
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Pam — September 29, 2008 at 8:47 pm

These sound wonderful! Thanks for your entry!
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ttfn300 — September 29, 2008 at 11:01 pm

ooh, i’m liking that combo of pumpkin and white chips!!
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Jen — September 30, 2008 at 1:39 pm

Yes, the pumpkin white chocolate combo is awesome. I love fall baking!
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Natural Care — October 1, 2008 at 4:46 am

Thanks for sharing delicious recipes.
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Tina — October 3, 2008 at 5:50 pm

Those cookies sounds great!!!!!!!
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Jin Hooi — October 4, 2008 at 11:41 am

I have never had pumpkin cookies before, these cookies look delicious !! I will sure give this a try very soon, thanks for sharing !!
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~Amber~ — October 11, 2008 at 2:09 pm

They look delicious! Some of mine were poofy and some were not. I chose to photograph the non-poofy one cause they looked best. 🙂
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Apaddie — September 5, 2011 at 5:09 pm

These cookies are our seasonal favorite. We also use Butterscotch chips for variation. Fabulous!!