Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

🥘 Ingredients

• unsalted butter 227 g
• cream cheese 16 oz
• vanilla bean 1
• kosher salt 1 pinch
• confectioners' sugar 1 lb

1. 1

   Brown the unsalted butter and add to the bowl of a stand mixer .
2. 2

   Solidify the brown butter submerging the stand mixer bowl into an ice bath until opaque but not hardened and still soft.
3. 3

   Add room temperature cream cheese to mixer bowl and mix on medium speed until smooth.
4. 4

   Add vanilla bean to mixer bowl.
5. 5

   Add a generous pinch of kosher salt and confectioners' sugar to bowl
6. 6

   Pulse mixer to combine everything with towel over mixer to prevent spillage.
7. 7

   Beat mixture until combined.
8. 8

   Note: If the frosting is loose and won't hold it's shape, which can be confirmed by checking for a soft peak, refrigerate for 10 minutes while stirring the frosting every few minutes.