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 »

12 Responses to “Blueberry White Chocolate Cookies”

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Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) — July 26, 2013 at 8:10 am
Those are some very lovely cookies! I want these for breakfast! They have blueberries right?
- beantownbaker — July 26th, 2013 @ 9:44 am
  
  I could totally justify eating them for breakfast. They have oats too!
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Cate @ Chez CateyLou — July 29, 2013 at 12:49 pm
I love using fresh berries in cakes and breads – I don’t know why I have never tried them in a cookie! Yours look delicious, thanks for the inspiration!
- beantownbaker — July 30th, 2013 @ 5:48 pm
  
  Any time! It’s rare to see fresh fruit in cookies.
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Tammela — July 30, 2013 at 8:42 pm
I never would have though of putting fresh blueberries into cookies…I gravitate toward scones/muffins/cake, but these just may have convinced me to try cookies!
- beantownbaker — July 30th, 2013 @ 8:43 pm
  
  I know – you just never see them in cookies. Definitely give these a shot.
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Nutmeg Nanny — July 30, 2013 at 9:30 pm

Oh goodness, these cookies look incredible 🙂 I love blueberries!
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Laura — August 3, 2013 at 12:01 am
LOVE the idea of fresh blueberries in a cookie like this. Have any tipes to keep from smashing the blueberries when adding them? 🙂 Pinning now!
- beantownbaker — August 4th, 2013 @ 6:44 pm
  
  Thanks for pinning this 🙂 Just be careful when you stir the berries in. They shouldn’t smash unless you’re really heavy handed.
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Helena — August 15, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Had to comment on these, I made some earlier in the week as I had some fresh blueberries to use up – they were so easy and quick to make and delicious. Definitely worth a go.
- beantownbaker — August 16th, 2013 @ 8:19 am
  
  So glad you made them and enjoyed them. I love an easy cookie recipe!
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Lynna — August 20, 2013 at 8:31 pm

These cookies look fabulous! I can`t wait to get my hands on some blueberries and trying this out!