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Cookies & Cream Oreo Buttercream Frosting

This thick and creamy Oreo Buttercream Frosting combines America's favorite cookie with the rich, buttery taste of American buttercream frosting to create an utterly irresistible, melt-in-your-mouth cookies and cream frosting.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 442kcal
Author: Allison Ferraro

Equipment

  • food processor (or a plastic zip-top bag and a rolling pin or meat tenderizer)
  • Stand mixer or electric hand mixer

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 5 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
  • 3 Tablespoons whole milk
  • 16 Oreo cookies
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Instructions

  • Place cookies (including creme filling) into the bowl of a food processor and process until they become fine crumbs. If you don't have a food processor, you can seal the cookies in a plastic zip-top bag (removing the air from the bag before sealing) and crush the cookies inside the bag using a rolling pin or meat tenderizer. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer), beat butter on medium-high speed until smooth. 
  • Add vanilla and salt and beat on medium-high speed until blended.
  • Add sugar slowly – one cup at a time – beating well on medium speed and scraping the bowl often. When all sugar is added the frosting will be slightly dry. 
  • Add milk and beat on high speed until the frosting is light and fluffy.
  • Add crushed cookies and blend on medium speed until they're completely blended into the frosting.

Notes

Storage: Store buttercream frosting in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. If you plan to refrigerate the frosting before using to decorate a dessert, let the frosting come to room temperature and briefly re-whip it with a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer so that it's soft and fluffy before using. Cakes or other desserts that have been decorated with American buttercream frosting can be stored on a covered cake plate or stand at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.33cup | Calories: 442kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 30mg | Potassium: 15mg | Sugar: 59g | Vitamin A: 715IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
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