Peanut Butter Iced Brownies

Some good friends of ours have had a rather "rotten" start to this new year, and I wanted to let them know I care and hopefully cheer them up a bit.  I decided to make brownies and top them with some peanut butter icing.  (I mean how can you go wrong with a chocolate peanut butter combination?) After the brownies were baked I cut them out with a heart cookie cutter and piped the peanut butter icing on them.  Here's the recipe for this soft and creamy icing....

Creamy Peanut Butter Icing

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup creamy peanut butter

3 tablespoons milk, or as needed

2 cups confectioners' sugar

Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable.  Frost your brownies/cake or whatever else you feel like trying this on! 

Pipe the frosting on with a star tip if you are feeling fancy!

This post linked to Sweets For A Saturday #5
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