When you combine peanut butter and cupcakes, you can’t help but get a winning combination.

The Amish view cupcakes in much the same way as everyone else: they are fun, portable, and can be made in various quantities that make it convenient. That’s the appeal of cupcakes. The appeal of peanut butter, especially among the Amish, is that it is very shelf stable, flavorful, and can add a twist to a sweet treat that takes it from being simply good to amazing. And that is what happens with these peanut butter cupcakes.
Without the peanut butter, these are simply good run-of-the-mill cupcakes, but the infusion of peanut butter into the recipe and into the frosting make this something super. Now if you are allergic to peanut butter, or are worried that someone in a group might be, you probably could just follow this recipe using sun butter or almond butter.
This recipe comes to us from an Amish woman in Michigan, and these are just so so good
The only thing, in retrospect, that I might do differently is drizzling a little chocolate into the peanut butter. Then you have like a Reese‘s cup effect.
This Amish Peanut Butter cupcakes recipe is a great summer snack for kids, picnics, anything.
Give these gems a try!.
Try it ,i hope you will enjoy it with a great taste.
Ingredients for the cupcakes and the frosting are very basic.
You can use smooth peanut butter, but crunchy or chunky peanut butter really gives it a great texture and flavor!
🧁 Amish Peanut Butter Cupcakes Ingredients
- ⅓ cup shortening
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- ¾ cup crunchy peanut butter
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups cake flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
📋 Instructions
- Cream shortening.
- Add sugar and beat until well blended.
- Add peanut butter and blend into mixture.
- Beat eggs and add.
- Beat again
- Sift flour; measure and add salt and baking powder.
- Sift again.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and flavoring.
- Beat thoroughly after each addition.
- Fill greased cupcake or muffin pans ⅔ full Bake at 375 for 20 minutes
- Makes 2 dozen cupcakes
Frosting
- Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer or briskly with a wooden spoon.
- Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable.
- Beat for at least 3 minutes for it to get good and fluffy.
🥜 More Amish Recipes With Peanut Butter
Mennonite Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
🖨️ Full Recipe
Amish Peanut Butter Cupcakes
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup shortening
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- ¾ cup crunchy peanut butter
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups cake flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
Instructions
- Cream shortening.
- Add sugar and beat until well blended.
- Add peanut butter and blend into mixture.
- Beat eggs and add.
- Beat again Sift flour; measure and add salt and baking powder. Sift again.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and flavoring.
- Beat thoroughly after each addition.
- Fill greased cupcake or muffin pans ⅔ full Bake at 375 for 20 minutes
Frosting
- Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer or briskly with a wooden spoon.
- Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable.
- Beat for at least 3 minutes for it to get good and fluffy
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