This easy Peanut Butter Frosting recipe is a from scratch buttercream full of peanut butter! It's creamy and the perfect frosting for cakes, cupcakes, or brownies!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword frosting, peanut butter
Prep Time 10minutes
Total Time 10minutes
Servings 24servings
Calories 188kcal
Author Dorothy Kern
Ingredients
1cupcreamy peanut butter
1/2cupunsalted buttersoftened
4cupspowdered sugar
1/4teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonvanilla extract
6tablespoonsheavy whipping cream
Instructions
Beat peanut butter and butter in a large bowl with a hand mixer until creamy (or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment).
Mix in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time, slowly, until mixture is crumbly. Add salt and vanilla and mix, then add 1 tablespoon of heavy whipping cream.
Beat frosting until smooth, adding more heavy whipping cream until you reach the desired consistency (I always add 6 tablespoons).