Lotties Peanut Butter Cupcakes Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line eighteen 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with paper baking liners.
• In bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat peanut butter and shortening until combined.
• Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
• Divide batter evenly among cups.
• Bake until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean, about 18 minutes.
• Place 1 piece of chocolate on top of each cupcake; return to oven until chocolate melts, about 1 minute.
• With small metal spatula, spread chocolate over tops of cupcakes.
• Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.

PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a cupcake pan with paper liners, or grease and flour cups.
• 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.
• 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.