When it comes to frosting, I have thoughts. For instance, the only kind of frosting worth anyone’s time is buttercream frosting (whipped frosting is an abomination and I stand by that statement). But during the holidays, why simply stop at buttercream frosting? ‘Tis the season of excess and I for one believe that frosting — it is holiday cookie season, after all — deserves to get in on the action. Enter my homemade Baileys buttercream frosting.
I’m not a food blogger, so I will eschew the preamble. But what I will tell you, before we move on to the reason you’re really here, is that this frosting recipe is a mainstay in my holiday cooking rotation. I religiously use it atop my homemade gingerbread cookies (and if you’re curious, I follow this Williams-Sonoma recipe and almost double the cinnamon, ginger and cloves that it calls for to really give it that gingerbread punch).
Baileys Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients:
- 2 sticks salted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- Baileys Irish Cream
Directions:
And this, dear reader, is what 90-something gingerbread cookies look like with this delicious, boozy frosting. The best part? Since the frosting isn’t cooked or baked in any way, the alcohol in the Baileys doesn’t get cooked out of the recipe. Enjoy responsibly, as they say.
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