Peanut Butter Dream

I've been gone for a while for a good reason - Things have been crazy and I haven't had time to decorate, renovate or bake! I know sounds crazy right? They are things that should be in my every day life. I'll have more renovation stuff soon because we are thinking about redoing the kitchen!

Well I am back and I have a new frosting recipe for you. I wish I could say that I have the recipe for the cake as well but you aren't that lucky, yet.

Anyway, I made these cupcakes for work today and I thought I was in heaven! They are so good I thought about keeping them all to myself and not sharing. Then I thought about all the exercising I'd have to do afterwards and brought them in to work.

Here are the ingredients you'll need:

4 cups confectioners sugar

2 cups peanut butter (or more if you really like peanut butter like me)

1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)

1/4 cup cream (you can use milk if you don't have cream available)

I made chocolate cupcakes to go with the frosting because besides Jelly, chocolate is the next best thing with peanut butter. I used the Betty Crocker box recipe and it made 15 large cupcakes and 24 mini's.

To make the frosting:

Mix the butter and peanut butter until it's nice and creamy. Slowly add 2 cups of confectioners sugar. After the sugar is mixed in well, add milk. Once the milk is added slowly add the remaining 2 cups of confectioners sugar and mix well. To make the frosting more spreadable add some more milk. I slowly add milk until it's a good consistency.

I used the same 1M Wilton Tip with the 12" bag only because I don't have to refill it as often and I topped the large cupcakes with a small Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

Here's the final product!

And for everyone out there who is trying to watch their weight - I always make mini cupcakes so that I can try them without feeling guilty for eating a whole large one. After all you feel better eating 4 small cupcakes than 1 large because they are smaller right? At least that's what I keep telling myself.