Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Biting into one of these cupcakes is like biting into a peanut butter cookie! I used all  natural peanut butter to make these but crunchy would also work great and give the cupcake some texture. I topped mine off with some Fluff frosting and a half of a Reese Peanut Buttercup. You can have lots of fun with the toppings! 

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Original Recipe Yield 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 pinch salt

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a cupcake pan with paper liners, or grease and flour cups.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, shortening and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter alternately with the milk. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top of the cupcakes spring back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Marshmallow Icing
Ingredients:
1 c. butter
1 - 1 1/2 c. icing sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
8 oz. fluff (1/2 to whole jar)
Method:
Mix all together.