Apple Cupcakes

Name: Apple Cupcakes
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 118 milliliters apple butter; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 946 milliliters confectioners sugar; 227 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 3 larges eggs; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters large Gala or other baking apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped (about; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoons nutmeg; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 118 milliliters sour cream; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla paste; 237 milliliters vanilla sugar (see Cooks Note)

The recipe Apple Cupcakes is ready in around 2 hours and is definitely an awesome vegetarian option for lovers of American food. One serving contains 319 calories, 3g of protein, and 16g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. Head to the store and pick up apple butter, lemon juice, nutmeg, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Special equipment: 2 (12-cup) muffin pans

For the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 muffin tins with paper liners.

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Muffin Tray

Oven

Using a hand mixer or standing mixer, cream the butter and vanilla sugar together until fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes.

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Vanilla Sugar

Butter

Cream

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Hand Mixer

Blender

Add eggs, one at a time and vanilla extract, beating until smooth.

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Vanilla Extract

Egg

Combine the flour, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.

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Baking Soda

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Add half the flour mixture to the creamed butter, then add the sour cream, and then the rest of the flour. Beat until well combined, taking care not to over mix. Gently fold in the chopped apples.

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Sour Cream

Apple

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Divide batter between prepared muffin tins, filling them 1/2 way full.

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Muffin Tray

Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean and the tops spring back when pressed gently, about 20 minutes. Cool the cupcakes in the tin on a rack for 10 minutes then remove from the tin and cool completely.

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Cupcakes

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Toothpicks

Oven

Put apple butter into a small pastry bag with an open tip Squeeze a small amount into the center of each cupcake. Continue cooling completely. Then frost with icing.

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Apple Butter