Dreaming of a dessert with a sweet, creamy, nutty flavor? A simple peanut butter frosting is the perfect way to finish off your creation and satisfy those cravings. Follow this Easy Peanut Butter Frosting recipe, and you'll have a delicious frosting whipped up in no time. You can use Easy Peanut Butter Frosting for brownies, cupcakes, cookies, cakes and any other desserts that could benefit from a nutty topping.
Easy Peanut Butter Frosting
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 10 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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Step1Beat butter in medium bowl on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in peanut butter, 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar, the milk and vanilla. Gradually beat in remaining 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar, beating after each addition until smooth. Generously frosts a 13x9-inch cake.
Nutrition
440
Calories
26g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
45g
Total Carbohydrate
42g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 440
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 26g
- 41%
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- 60%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 14%
- Sodium
- 220mg
- 9%
- Potassium
- 135mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 45g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 42g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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