There's not much story to these cupcakes, I just wanted to bake and had been thinking about making an easy snickerdoodle cupcake for a while so I finally did it. Since I needed wanted mini cookies to garnish with I also made some easy snickerdoodle cookies too!
I rolled them small and then rolled them in the cinnamon sugar topping and then in the oven they went!
They came out nice and tiny but thick and soft!
For the cupcake I started with a box mix (I said super easy, right?!), I substitute butter for oil and milk/heavy cream for water and they turn out moist and crumbly. So good.
I added a couple tablespoons of brown sugar in addition to cinnamon to get a nice deep, rich flavor.
I mix everything in with the mixer going, it probably doesn't make a difference but I like to think it does. :)
After everything is mixed in I mix for a good 1.5-2 minutes on medium.
It gets nice and think and easily scoop-able with my ice cream scoop!
After dividing the batter into the cups I topped them with the same cinnamon sugar mixture I used for the cookies.
They came out looking so good and while they cooled I started on the caramel for the caramel buttercream.
I was always intimidated about making caramel but it's actually really easy! You just throw the brown sugar, butter, and heavy cream in a pan and heat it up.. well sorta.
While it melts you should stir it occasionally to make sure it all gets mixed up.
It will start to boil around the edges first.
Once it really starts boiling set your timer for 3 minutes and stir constantly while it boils.
After 3 minutes, remove it from the heat and add the vanilla.
Adding the vanilla makes it pop and bubble, stir it in until it's mixed well.
Give it one last stir and then let it sit and cool! As my kindergartners would say, "easy peasy, lemon squeezy"!
Once the caramel has cooled you can start on the buttercream.
Beat butter until it's fluffy and then add the powdered sugar on low until it's incorporated… otherwise you're going to end up with a giant cloud of powdered sugar.
Once it's incorporated kick up the speed to medium and beat until its all mixed in.
It should look something like this.
Next add in your vanilla and mix it in.
Now, you're ready to add your caramel.
I just pour it right on top.
Then, turn on your mixer and let it do all the work. You'll know it's done when it looks like buttercream and you can no longer see any caramel.
After all that, it's time to assemble them! Add some frosting, a cookie, and then dust the whole thing with some more cinnamon sugar topping!
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Snickerdoodle
Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
1 box
mix
3
eggs
¾
cups heavy cream
¼
milk
½ cup
butter, melted and cooled
1
tbsp. cinnamon
2
tbsp. brown sugar
Frostings:
Cookies:
1
stick of butter
¾ cup
of sugar
1
egg
1 ¼
cups flour
1 ½
teaspoons baking powder
2
tsp. cinnamon for topping
3
tbsp. sugar for topping
Directions
Cupcakes:
1. Heat oven to 350º. Line
cupcake pan with paper liners.
2. Add
mix, eggs, heavy cream, milk, and butter to bowl of your stand mixer and beat
on medium for 2 minutes.
3. Add
cinnamon and brown sugar and mix well.
4. Divide
batter between pans and then sprinkle on cinnamon and sugar topping.
5. Place
in oven and immediately turn down to 325º.
6. Bake
for 18-22 minutes.
Cookies:
- Heat oven to 375º.
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg, flour, and baking powder.
- Roll cookies into desired size and then roll in
cinnamon sugar topping.
- Place on a cookie sheet about 2 inches apart and
cook for 8-10 minutes.
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