Peanut Butter Cupcakes
This post is dedicated to everyone who loves a little peanut butter in their cupcake, ok ALOT of peanut butter…. Let’s just jump right in. To make the cupcakes combine the following:
Here are your ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup peanut butter, creamy. Do NOT use natural
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
Mix your dry ingredients first (flour, baking powder and salt) and set aside
In a separate bowl mix together peanut butter and butter until light and fluffy:
Add brown sugar and mix another 20 seconds until well incorporated
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well
At this point you are going to add the flour and milk in alternating parts. Start with the flour and make sure you end with the flour.
Use an ice cream scoop to fill each muffin cup 2/3 full
Bake for 20 minutes on 350 or until done. Let cool completely.
Now for the frosting!
6 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup creamy peanut butter, again not the natural kind
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1/2 cup heavy cream
Start by beating the powdered sugar and cream cheese on medium. Add salt, peanut butter and vanilla.
Wisk (or use a mixer) to beat the heavy cream until thickened and you have soft peaks. Fold this into the peanut butter mixture. Frost your cupcakes immediately!
A few personal notes:
- I would use regular mass produced peanut butter (the kind with no trans fats though), it just mixes better and has a better consistency. If you are brave and want to use that kind, add 1/4 teaspoon more salt to the recipe
- If you want to add a surprise, push down a mini reeses cup into the batter and bake as usual
- Vanilla bean paste is something you might have to order online, it’s worth it though. It’s the entire bean ground up and has a paste consistency rather than liquid like the extracts.
- Make sure your cupcakes are cooked and completely cooled before you start your frosting since you want to frost those babies immediately after making the frosting.
- The topping we used for these were crunchy chocolate pearls, they are light and give a slight bitter sweet balance to the peanut butter.
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