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Amish Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Amish Peanut Butter Cupcakes

a delicious, peanut buttery treat!
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Amish

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