🧁apple pie cupcakes🧁 *makes 12 cupcakes Ingredients for the cupcakes: - 2 cups cake flour - 1 3/4 tsp baking powder - 1/4 tsp salt - 2 eggs - 1/2 cup unsalted butter - 2 Tbsp vegetable oil - 1/2 cup granulated sugar (use 3/4 cup if you prefer a sweeter taste) - 1/4 cup brown sugar - 1/4 tsp cinnamon - 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract - 1 cup milk Ingredients for the apple filling: - 2 medium apples peeled and cut into small cubes - 2 tbsp light brown sugar - 1 tsp vanilla extract - 1 tsp cornstarch - 1/2 tsp cinnamon - 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg - 1/2 tsp ground cloves Ingredients for the frosting: - 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temp - 2 cups powdered sugar - 1 tsp cinnamon - 3 tsp milk - 2 tsp vanilla extract Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars until fluffy (2-3min). Add in vanilla extract, oil, and eggs and mix until combined. Add in the flour baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and milk. Mix until smooth. 3. Line a cupcake tin with liners and pour batter 3/4 of the way up into each liner. Place in the oven for 23-25min or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool on a cooling rack. 4. For the filling: mix all the ingredients for the filling in a medium sized pot with a lid on medium low heat. Let the apples cook for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. Turn the heat up to med-high and keep stirring for 5-7min (if the mixture is getting dry add 1-2tbsp water). Once mixture thickens, take the pot off the heat and let the mixture cool completely. 5. For the frosting: using a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter for 1 minute. Add in the powdered sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and milk and beat for 3-4min or until light and fluffy. 6. Use a piping tip to carve out the center of each cupcake. Split apple filling in half. Fill each cupcake center equally with apple filling (make sure the filling is cooled completely). 7. Pipe frosting on top. Use the remaining half of apple filing to top off the cupcakes. 8. Store in the fridge. #baking #recipe #applepie #cucpakes #fallbaking #frosting #dessert #apples #fallbaking #recipe #bakingrecipe #applepiecupcakes #cake #cinnamon