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Easy Peanut Butter Frosting

January 26, 2016 by Fox Valley Foodie 8 Comments

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This Easy Peanut Butter Frosting can be whipped up in less than five minutes, and it only needs four ingredients!  Plus, it tastes so rich and peanut buttery you will be looking for excuses to slather this on baked goods!
Easy Peanut Butter Frosting RecipeThis easy peanut butter frosting is so addicting it warrants a post just to highlight its silky and creamy peanut butteryness! This sweet frosting can be whipped up in less than five minutes, and it only needs four ingredients! How easy is that? Plus, it tastes so rich and peanut buttery you will be looking for excuses to slather this on baked goods! ‘Hump Day Celebration Cakes’ anyone? Or ‘I Finally Cleaned the House Cupcakes’? Whatever your excuse, it will be worth it when you take one bite!

Making this Easy Peanut Butter Frosting isn’t hard. Otherwise, I would be lying to call it easy! However, there are a few tips I picked up on how to get great results your first try:

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Whipping the frosting with a hand mixer is a great way to lighten the frosting; however it can also begin to break apart into a gritty cream. If this happens, microwave the frosting briefly (30 secs) and stir it to return it back to its previous creaminess.

Heavy cream will make the frosting more rich and creamy, however since most people don’t keep heavy cream on hand, milk is a perfectly fine substitution.

Use real butter, do not substitute margarine or ‘buttery spreads’. The frosting may turn oily and the consistency will be off.

If you are wanting to create beautiful designs for cakes and cupcakes, or just on your husband’s face while he sleeps, purchase an inexpensive piping kit. This Easy Peanut Butter Frosting recipe is perfectly suited for piping!

Easy Peanut Butter Frosting

Easy Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe
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5 from 1 vote

Easy Peanut Butter Frosting

Prep Time5 mins
Total Time5 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2 cups
Author: Fox Valley Foodie

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tablespoons Heavy Cream or as needed
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Instructions

  • Using a hand mixer, mix butter and peanut butter until combined.
  • Gradually add confectioners' sugar and continue to mix.
  • Slowly add in milk to prevent mixture from getting overly thick.
  • Mix up to three minutes to lighten the frosting as desired.

Notes

If frosting gets too grainy when mixing, place into microwave for 30 seconds and stir to correct the texture.
Milk can be substituted for heavy cream
Recipe adapted from: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/84429/fluffy-peanut-butter-frosting/
*Calories listed are a vague estimate and accuracy should not be assumed.

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Easy Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: Butter, frosting, heavy cream, peanut butter, sugar

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Comments

  1. Erin @ Thanks for Cookin'! says

    January 30, 2016 at 4:32 pm

    This frosting looks crazy good…but I have a question… What are “Finally cleaned the house cupcakes”? Those must be some mythical magic treats. I might try them instead of vacuuming today ? haha

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    • Fox Valley Foodie says

      January 31, 2016 at 9:16 am

      They are way better than vacuuming!

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      • Catherine Gipson says

        February 24, 2019 at 12:43 am

        It didn’t turn out, was greasy looking. No matter what i did

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        • Fox Valley Foodie says

          February 24, 2019 at 8:18 am

          Hmm, that’s interesting. Did you use an all-natural peanut butter or mix by hand instead?

          Reply
  2. Linda Hewitt says

    October 26, 2017 at 6:35 pm

    I and my family just love peanut butter icing, and I use it on everything. But the way you make it, it is so much easier. Thanks so much for your recipe.

    Reply
  3. Jerri marie says

    December 6, 2017 at 2:25 pm

    Hi, so I made the what I thought was frosting for my grandson’s cake decided to dump all ingredients in at the same time was like cookie dough, so instead of using it for frosting I added some ameretto liquor and melted chocolate poured it over the balls I made and what an amazing peanut butter ameretto balls omg my coworkers will love them.

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  4. Colleen says

    October 10, 2018 at 7:20 pm

    Yes! Oh my goodness, yes! Such a tasty and easy peanut butter frosting. I’ve made it twice now and I love it on top of a chocolate cake or cupcake. Because Peanut Butter + Chocolate = Heaven

    Reply
  5. Tina says

    December 15, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    Very good but does need the xtra heavy creme!

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