Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Buttercream Frosting

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup butter

  (softened, at room temperature)
• 1 cup light brown sugar

  (packed)
• 6 tablespoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

  (or heat treated flour, *see notes)
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips

  (use milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, or dark chocolate chips)
• 1 cup butter

  (softened, at room temperature)
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-2 tablespoon heavy cream

  (or use half & half or milk)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3-4 cups confectioners' sugar

Instructions

• 1 In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together the
  softened butter, light brown sugar, and granulated white sugar until creamy,
  pale, and fluffy.
• 2 Add salt, milk, and vanilla extract then mix until evenly distributed and creamy
  again then add the heat-treated all-purpose flour (to prevent bacteria) and mix
  until just combined.
• 3 Fold in the mini chocolate chips (use in half the dough if a pipeable frosting
  is desired). Roll the portion of cookie dough with chocolate chips into small
  balls and refrigerate for topping your dessert later.
• 4 In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer (fitted with a paddle
  attachment) beat the softened butter for 2-3 minutes until light, fluffy, and
  pale in color.
• 5 Scrape down the sides and bottom of your bowl then add the vanilla extract, the
  first 1 tablespoon portion of heavy cream, and salt. Mix until fully combined
  and the butter mixture is smooth again.
• 6 Add the confectioners' sugar gradually to the frosting using a low speed and
  scraping the bowl in between additions. Once fully incorporated, increase your
  mixer to medium-high and whip the frosting until light and fluffy, or about 4-5
  minutes.
• 7 To add the cookie dough (with or without the mini chocolate chips in the dough)
  break the cookie dough into chunks. Combine the frosting at medium speed until
  it reaches your desired consistency with the cookie dough either fine or chunky.
• 8 To decorate cooled cakes or cupcakes, spread chunky frosting using a knife or
  offset spatula. Make sure that your frosting has been well blended if you want
  to use a piping tip, and that you opt for a large open tip like a Wilton 1A
  round tip or Wilton 1M star tip (for super fine frosting).

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