Almost Homemade Buttercream Frosting
This tasty vanilla buttercream frosting adds the perfect amount of sweetness to compliment your favorite sugar cookie. It’s also a perfect compliment to cakes, cupcakes, and other dessert occasions where you need a yummy vanilla topping (and good with graham crackers too!).
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 ounces marshmallow cream
- 1 1/2 cups room temperature butter
- 5 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
- gel food coloring (optional)
Instructions
- Beat marshmallow cream in a large bowl (either using stand mixer or hand mixer) set to low speed, adding butter until smooth.
- Add the lemon juice and vanilla.
- Add the powdered sugar a little bit at a time, scraping the bowl down the sides occasionally.
- Beat to desired consistency (smooth and fluffy).
- Divide frosting into a separate bowl for each color you want to use before adding a small amount of food coloring. Frost cookies as you see fit (spread it directly on cookies with a spatula or add to a piping bag).