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Cookie Dough Frosting

This cookie dough frosting will frost 12 cupcakes.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 446 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • ⅔ ⅔ cup light brown sugar¹ firmly packed
  • ⅓ ⅓ cup dark brown sugar firmly packed
  • ½ ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 ½ 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ¼ ¼ teaspoon table salt
  • 2 2 Tablespoons heavy cream or more as needed
  • 1-1 ½ 1-1 ½ cups Chocolate chips for decorating I like to use a mix of mini and regular-sized semisweet

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Evenly pour flour over parchment and, once oven is fully preheated, bake for 5-7 minutes/until flour reaches 165F (75C). Allow flour to cool completely before using.
  2. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together butter, sugars (light brown, dark brown, and granulated) together until very well-combined.
  3. Add condensed milk and vanilla extract and salt and stir together with electric mixer on low speed. Gradually increase speed to high and beat well for 2-3 minutes. Pause halfway through to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
  4. Add completely cooled flour gradually, stirring on low-speed until creamy and combined. Don’t forget to scrape the bowl periodically!
  5. Add 2 tablespoons of heavy cream and stir, gradually increasing mixer speed to high and stir until creamy and smooth. Add additional cream, one tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached (if you’re spreading the frosting you may need a bit more liquid than if you are piping it). If you are spreading the frosting you may wish to stir the chocolate chips in here or sprinkle them over the icing once it's spread. Whichever you choose is fine.
  6. Pipe or spread over cake/cupcakes etc. then sprinkle with chocolate chips as desired. Enjoy!

Notes

  • ¹You need a total of 1 cup of brown sugar for this recipe. I like to use this blend of light and dark brown sugar, but so long as you use a total of 1 cup you can use whatever mix of light and dark brown sugar you would like, or even all light or all dark brown sugar. I talk a little bit about why I use this particular mix in my post.
  • I used an Ateco 848 piping tip to decorate the cupcakes pictured in this post.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1serving Calories 446kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 52g (17%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 26g (40%) Saturated Fat 16g (80%) Cholesterol 48mg (16%) Sodium 19mg (1%) Potassium 194mg (6%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 38g (76%) Vitamin A 538IU (11%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 55mg (6%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 446

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 446kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 52g 17%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 26g 40%
Saturated Fat 16g 80%
Cholesterol 48mg 16%
Sodium 19mg 1%
Potassium 194mg 4%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 38g 76%
Vitamin A 538IU 11%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 55mg 6%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.