12 butter frosting recipes

No-bake Halloween spider cookies made by stacking peppermint patties on butter cookies, then piping frosting legs and candy eyes. A spooky craft kids can eat!

No-bake chocolate peanut butter candy squares made with chocolate frosting, oats, and chopped peanuts. Just 4 ingredients, no cooking, and ready in 30 minutes.

A light and fluffy cheesecake made with cream cheese, cottage cheese, and frosting mix on a cinnamon graham cracker crust. Topped with fresh strawberries for an easy, airy dessert that lives up to its name.

Oversized peanut butter pizza cookies topped with chocolate frosting, cashews, candy pieces, coconut, gumdrops, and a white chocolate drizzle. A fun decorating project for kids.

Preschoolers will love these delicious cub-shaped cookies, made with nutty butter and crispy graham crackers. You and the kids can even create these cookies together!

Sautéed chicken cutlets with asparagus, spring onions, saffron, and a parsley-tarragon-citrus gremolata. A restaurant-style spring dinner that builds big flavor in a single skillet in 30 minutes.

Learn how to make hot cross buns frosting with cream cheese, butter, and lemon zest. This frosting is a delightful and zesty twist on the traditional hot cross bun glaze.

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Chocolate mud frosting made by melting chocolate chips with milk in the microwave, then blending with corn syrup and vanilla. A glossy, fudgy four-ingredient frosting with no butter or powdered sugar.

Jumbo cream cheese peanut butter cookie: one giant cookie-dough pizza slathered with fluffy peanut butter cream cheese frosting and chopped peanuts. A sliceable dessert for 12 in 45 minutes.

Rich chocolate frosting made with ground sweet chocolate, butter, and cream that sets to a glossy, spreadable finish perfect for layer cakes and special occasion desserts.

Cream cheese frosting with butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Thick, spreadable, and made for carrot cake or zucchini cake. Comes together in 15 minutes with just 4 ingredients.