Peanut Butter Frosting

5 from 13 votes

This peanut butter frosting recipe is perfect for peanut butter lovers and used for topping your favorite chocolate cake, cupcakes, fudge brownies or cookies.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: creamy peanut butter frosting, homemade peanut butter frosting, peanut butter buttercream, peanut butter frosting for cupcakes

Servings: cupcakes

Calories: 383kcal

Author: Jill

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter room temperature (two full sticks)
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons milk
3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, or using a stand mixer and paddle attachment, beat the butter and peanut butter together until it is smooth and creamy.
Add in the vanilla, salt, milk, and about half of the powdered sugar, mixing on low to medium speed for about 30 seconds.
Next, add in the remaining half of the powdered sugar, and beat on medium to high speed until it is well blended and creamy.
Using a spatula, scrape the sides of the bowl to get all of the ingredients combined into the frosting.
Use a frosting spatula to frost a cake or piping bag to frost cupcakes. I used a Wilton 2D frosting tip.

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Notes

This recipe will frost 12-24 cupcakes, 2- 8 inch round or 9 inch round cakes.

Be sure to let the butter get to room temperature, or it won’t be as smooth.
If you want to pipe a design, chill the frosting for about 30 minutes. You can also add one Tablespoon of powdered sugar at a time while mixing, until the frosting reaches your desired thickness.

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