Browned Butter Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

BROWNED BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, over medium heat, cook 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) until browned and nutty fragranced. Watch carefully, stir occasionally and do not let burn. This should take about 15-20 minutes.
• Cube the other 1/4 cup of butter (1/2 stick) and place in a mixing bowl with softened cream cheese. Pour browned butter over top and allow to sit for about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla extract or vanilla bean seeds. With an electric mixer, beat until the butter and cream cheese are smooth. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar until the proper consistency is reached. (To avoid lumps, shake/sift sugar through a sieve.) Add 1-3 tablespoon heavy cream, if needed, to thin to a spreading consistency.
• If the frosting is too soft for decorating, refrigerate for about half an hour before using.

BROWN BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter; heat until the butter browns, about 4 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place the cream cheese in a large mixing bowl.
• Pour the hot butter over the cream cheese and add the vanilla.
• Blend with an electric mixer on low speed until the butter and cream cheese are smooth and combined.
• Add the sugar, a little at a time, beating on low until the sugar is incorporated.
• Once it has all been added, increase the mixer speed to medium for 20 seconds and beat until fluffy.
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BROWN SUGAR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt butter and allow to cool.
• In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, brown sugar, vanilla and almond extract. Beat with an electric mixer. When mixture starts to stiffen, stop mixer and add honey.
• Continue to beat until light and fluffy. Do not over mix, or it will collapse.
• Spread immediately and store cake in refrigerator.

CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Place cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until creamy, about 30 seconds.
• With the mixer on low, slowly add sugar, scraping down the sides of the bowls as necessary.
• Add vanilla and increase mixer speed to medium. Blend until frosting is fluffy, about 1 minute.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING WITH BROWN BUTTER AND BOURBON

Steps:

• Melt 1/2 cup butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally and cook until the milk solids turn brown and give off a nutty fragrance, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Combine the remaining 1/4 butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Pour the browned butter into the mixing bowl and set aside for about three minutes, letting the warm butter soften the cream cheese and cold butter. Scrape the black seeds from the vanilla bean and add them to the bowl. Add the bourbon and mix on low speed until smooth.
• Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and cream, alternating between the two, until the proper consistency is reached. If the frosting is too soft for decorating, refrigerate it for about half an hour before using.

BROWN-BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Carefully pour butter into a bowl, leaving sediment behind.
• Add sugar, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons milk to butter, and stir until smooth. If glaze is too thick, add more milk. Use immediately.

BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, cook butter over low heat until lightly browned. Remove from the heat; cool slightly. , In a large bowl, beat the sugar, butter, 3 tablespoons milk and vanilla until blended. Beat in enough remaining milk to achieve spreading consistency.