Browned butter cream cheese frosting is a rich and flavorful frosting that combines the nutty, caramel-like taste of browned butter with the creamy tang of cream cheese. It elevates a classic cream cheese frosting and is a great addition to any dessert!
How can I use Browned Butter Cream Cheese Frosting?
I recommend subbing out regular cream cheese frosting for browned butter cream cheese frosting in any spice, oat, butter, or caramel based dessert such as:
Spiced cookies and cakes (such as molasses, gingerbread, etc)
Oatmeal cream pies
Yellow cakes or cookies
Any pumpkin desserts
Caramel based desserts such as caramel cake
Give this Browned Butter Cream Cheese Frosting a try using the following recipes:
Heat butter until it begins to simmer, stirring ocassionally
Butter will begin to brown after a few minutes, continue to stir and brown until butter has a nutty scent
Butter will have dark brown flecks in it – be sure to scrape all these from the pan to use in the recipe! This is cooked milk fat and is where all the flavor is.
Allow butter to cool completely to room temperature before using it in this recipe.
Ingredients
1/2 cup salted butter, browned, and cooled
8oz block cream cheese
3 cups powdered sugar
Directions
Using an electric mixer, cream together 8 oz block of cream cheese and 1/2 cup of browned butter.
Once combined, slowly add in 3 cups of powdered sugar, mixing until combined and fluffy.
