Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Salted Peanut Butter Frosting Yes, I bake too....Yes, real men bake. Who doesn't love cupcakes? The combo of sweet and a hint of salt pushes these over the top! Peanut Butter Cupcakes 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt 1/4 cup shortening 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter (I use Jiff...my favorite!) 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup of sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 teaspoons of Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean Paste 1/2 cup milk Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 muffin tin cups with paper cupcake liners. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, set to medium, beat the butter, peanut butter and sugars until smoothly blended about 1 minute. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl as needed during mixing. Mix in the egg. Add the vanilla and beat for 1 minute, or until the batter is smooth. On low speed, add the flour mixture in 3 additions and the milk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and mixing just until the flour is incorporated and the batter looks smooth. Fill each paper liner with a 1/4 cup of batter, to about 1/3 inch below the top of the liner. Bake just until the tops feel firm and are lightly browned, about 20-22 minutes. Check by inserting tooth pick in center of cupcake, it should come out clean. Carefully remove cupcakes from pan and cool on wire rack... frost when completely cooled. Salted Peanut Butter Frosting 1 1/12 cups confectioners’ sugar( add more if needed) 1 cup creamy peanut butter 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 teaspoon Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean Paste ¼ teaspoon kosher salt 1/3 cup heavy cream Place the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium-low speed until creamy, scraping down the bowl with a rubber spatula as you work. Add the cream and beat on high speed until the mixture is light and smooth.Put into Pastry bag to frost cupcakes, garnish cupcakes with fresh ground sea salt.
Wow! George Washington Carver did a great service developing peanuts into viable products. This takes it even further.
Made these up last weekend. Darn good! I couldn't find any "Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean Paste" locally so just ended up using vanilla. My wife already has more plans for the frosting. Thanks.
Everyone needs to be careful with Ken's recipes. His master plan is to make the whole world fat. Like these cupcakes, you cannot just eat one, I can eat at least three in less than 42 seconds. Just looking at this food blog makes me gain weight.
