Raspberry Buttercream

This is a SUPER yummy frosting recipe. Asher and I read a book about construction trucks that made a cake. After reading it, he asked if we should make a cake. So we made cupcakes and frosted with raspberry buttercream. Delightful.

Raspberry Buttercream

½ cup soft butter
½ cup fresh raspberries
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. salt
16 oz. powdered sugar

Beat the butter, raspberries, and vanilla together until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar a little at a time beating in between.

Love Cookies (Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies)

So these are my all time favorite cookies EVER. I promise if you make them, you WILL NOT be disappointed. And if you are, you are lying to me. You might want to think about doubling this! If you are wondering about the "Love Cookie" name...dates back to when I lived in UT and used to make them for my siblings and cousins there when we had get togethers. Everyone "loved" them so much and I said it was because I baked every batch with "love"...so we referenced them as the Love Cookies. Thank you for reminding me, Lyns!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

3 Tbsp. soft butter
3 Tbsp. shortening
½ c. white sugar
½ c. dark brown sugar
½ c. peanut butter
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ¼ c. flour
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ bag MILK chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375°. Cream the butter and sugars. Add the peanut butter and beat. Add the egg and vanilla and beat. Mix the flour, soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Add and mix in the flour mixture little by little. Mix in the chocolate chips. Bake 8-11 minutes.

Peanutbutter Buttercream

I made these "Peanut butter Whoopie Pies" (dumb name, I know) for a dessert open house. The peanut butter butter cream inside was to die for delicious and super easy...the cake-like chocolate cookie was good, but not to die for so I will just be sharing the buttercream recipe...unless one really wants the cookie recipe. This came from a Martha Stewart magazine a few years ago. I have been holing onto this recipe meaning to make it forever.

Ingredients

2/3 creamy peanut butter

8 TBSP butter

3/4 cup powdered sugar (+ up to 1/4 cup more)

Instructions

Cream the peanut butter and butter in electric mixer with paddle attachment on high speed. Switch to low and slowly mix in the 3/4 cup sugar until combined. Then beat on high speed until fluffy and smooth, about 3 minutes. (At this point I added a little more powdered sugar. It was still a little thinner than I wanted, I am sure due to the heat around here.)