Bigfoot’s Cookbook  ·  Baking

Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

For banana bread, cinnamon rolls, or the cookies.

5 ingredients5 min, no cook2 tbsp syrup

Syrup in this recipe
2 tbsp

of bigleaf maple syrup

The 50 ml tasting bottle covers it.

Ingredients

5 items  ·  2 tbsp of syrup

  8 oz cream cheese, softened

  ½ cup butter, softened

  3¼ cups powdered sugar

  2 tbsp maple syrup

  Pinch of salt

Method

3 steps  ·  5 min, no cook

01

Combine cream cheese, butter, and salt in a stand mixer and beat until smooth.

02

Add powdered sugar, then add maple syrup and beat 1-2 minutes until creamy.

03

Use on banana bread, cinnamon rolls, or cookies.

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Notes

Two tablespoons is enough; the syrup carries. Use it on the banana bread, cinnamon rolls, or the cookies.

Bigleaf runs darker than sugar-maple syrup. Every recipe on this page was tested with ours, measured as written.

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The syrup

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