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How to Make Peanut Butter Frosting

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Make Peanut Butter Frosting
Make Peanut Butter Frosting

A variation of a butter frosting, this peanut butter frosting is easy to make and tastes great on top of a rich chocolate cake. Yields enough to frost the tops and sides of two 8-inch or 9-inch cake layers.

From Quick Guide: Peanut Butter Recipes
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • 1/3 c. creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 c. milk
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar
  • mixing bowls
  • hand mixers
  • Hand Mixers
  • Mixing Bowls
  • Mixing bowls
  • 4 1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar
  • 1/4 c. milk
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/3 c. creamy peanut butter
  1. Step 1
     

    Beat peanut butter in a mixing bowl until it is fluffy.

  2. Step 2
     

    Add 2 c. of the powdered sugar gradually, beating constantly.

  3. Step 3
     

    add milke and vanilla; slowly beat them in.

  4. Step 4
     

    Slowly beat in the rest of the powdered sugar. If necessary, add a little more milk if frosting is not spreadable.

  5. Step 5

    Use immediately.

Tips & Warnings
  • This frosting will keep up to six days in the refrigerator and up to six months in the freezer.

Comments  

eliandra said

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on 3/21/2009 Awesome...I played with brown sugar....in increments so cannot say how much. Added cinnamon instead of vanilla. This is as close as I could get to a friend of mine's grandmother's peanut butter icing. She made it for spice cake.

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