Jelly-Filled Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Frosting
- Baking spray with flour
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 cup grape jelly
- Peanut Butter Frosting, recipe follows
- Candy bars, crushed with a rolling pin, such as Reese's Pieces, Butterfinger, Nutter Butter, Heath Bar, or small sandwich cookies, for decorating
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons milk
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line one 12-cup standard muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
- Gently spray the liners with baking spray and set aside.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt over a large piece of paper.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and granulated sugar with a hand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, egg yolk and vanilla.
- Reduce the speed to low and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Pour in the milk and continue to mix until smooth (the batter may look curdled at first but will smooth out).
- Pick up the paper with the dry ingredients and gradually pour into the wet ingredients.
- Continue to mix just until blended.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared tin, filling the cups about three-quarters full.
- Bake until the tops of the cupcakes spring back to the touch and are not too golden, about 20 minutes.
- Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, and then allow to cool completely on a wire rack before filling, frosting or decorating.
- Fill a squeeze bottle with the grape jelly and screw on the cap.
- Carefully insert the tip of
- the squeeze bottle as far as it will go into the tops of the cupcakes.
- Gently squeeze about 1 tablespoon jelly inside of each cupcake.
- Ice the tops of the cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting to cover.
- Decorate with your favorite candy.
- Beat the peanut butter, butter and cream cheese with a hand or stand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Slowly add the confectioners' sugar and continue to mix until the frosting is smooth.
- Mix in the milk and continue to mix until it reaches a good spreading consisting.
- Makes 1 1/2 cups.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/jelly-filled-cupcakes-with-peanut-butter-frosting-recipe.html (may not work)