5 Minute Dreamy Cookie Butter Frosting
Are you obsessed with cookie butter? Good because, same. I can seriously eat it just from the jar, but decided to take it up a notch and make it into a delicious buttercream frosting that only take 5 minutes to make. Imagine everything you love about spiced cookies- warm cinnamon, deep caramelized sugar, and instant coziness whipped up into a thick and fluffy frosting. Spread it over cakes, swirl it onto cupcakes, or sneak a spoonful straight from the bowl (my personal favorite).
This cookie butter buttercream frosting starts with the same trusty base as my vanilla buttercream frosting but with a twist-cookie butter!
Since cookie butter is softer than regular butter, I adjusted the ratio to keep the frosting fluffy and pipeable, cutting back slightly on the butter so it holds its shape without being too loose.
As a trained pastry chef and professional baker, I’ve tested this recipe to get the texture just right making sure its creamy, fluffy, and ready for anything you want to pair it with- like this cookie butter cake!
You can also swirl it over these pumpkin cupcakes or gingerbread cupcakes, or smash it between gingersnap cookies (omg these are so good) for sandwich cookies.
Use any brand
I have used this recipe with Biscoff cookie spread (Lotus), and also the Walmart brand of cookie butter- no shame, I love speculoos from everywhere. The texture is pretty much the same so you can use it interchangeably.
How to make it
Make it fancy
When I was decorating the cupcakes I was thinking about how I could make these look a little prettier. Even though they pipe so beautifully (I use a 2D Wilton tip), I wanted extra garnish so I melted about 3 tbsp of cookie butter in the microwave until it was a thin and pourable consistency.
Then I just used a spoon to drizzle it over the cupcakes! If you have any Biscoff Lotus cookies on hand, you could add one here too on top or crush it up and use it like sprinkles- so fun and it looks like it came from a specialty bakery!
5 Minute Dreamy Cookie Butter Frosting
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (170.25 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups (360 g) powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup (78.86 g) cookie butter
- 1/4 tsp (Pinch) kosher salt
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp (1 tbsp) milk or cream
Instructions
- In the bowl of a hand or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment add the 3/4 cup butter and mix on low-medium speed for 30 seconds-1 minute.
- Stop the mixer, add in the 3 cups of powdered sugar, and turn the dial to the lowest mixing setting to mix in the sugar slowly. Move to a medium speed when the sugar is more incorporated. Mix for 2 minutes.
- Stop the mixer and add in 1/3 cup cookie butter, 1/4 tsp kosher salt, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1 tbsp milk. Mix on medium-high speed for 1 minute-2 minutes.
- The icing should have stiff peaks, and hold its shape, not runny at all.
