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A few tips for baking with kids:
- Keep it clean. Teach your kids the importance of washing their hands before handling or preparing food.
- Don't sweat the mess. Kids are as messy in the kitchen as they are in real life. Go with the flow and keep it fun-there'll be plenty of time to clean afterwards.
- Play it safe. Let kids watch at the sidelines when taking hot trays out of the oven, and remind them the pans remain hot for a while, so no taste-testing cakes and cookies before they've cooled.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
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Kids love chocolate and peanut butter, so this is the perfect “I love you” dessert. Topped with an addictively light and creamy frosting, these cupcakes are quite irresistible.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Cupcakes
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
4 ounces chocolate chips, melted and cooled
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Frosting
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, softened
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
4 ounces chocolate chips, melted and cooled
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Frosting
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, softened
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease two 12-cup muffin tins, or line with papers.
2. Combine peanut butter and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat until light and fluffy.
3. Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
4. Combine butter and granulated sugar in mixing bowl. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Pour in melted chocolate and beat until thoroughly combined, about 30 seconds.
5. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to butter mixture and beat to combine. Add vanilla and mix well.
6. Fill muffin tins half full with batter. Spoon about 1/2 tablespoon of peanut butter mixture on top of batter (don’t spread). Spoon remaining batter over peanut butter. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, until tops spring back when touched. (Note: The normal toothpick test for doneness won’t work due to the filling.) Remove from oven and let cool completely.
7. To prepare frosting, combine cream cheese, butter and peanut butter in a bowl. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add powdered sugar, beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
8. Frost tops of cupcakes when they are completely cool. Makes 24 cupcakes.
Recipe by Jennifer Perillo, "Sweet Talk," Feb. 2010
Nutritional Information
2. Combine peanut butter and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat until light and fluffy.
3. Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
4. Combine butter and granulated sugar in mixing bowl. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Pour in melted chocolate and beat until thoroughly combined, about 30 seconds.
5. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to butter mixture and beat to combine. Add vanilla and mix well.
6. Fill muffin tins half full with batter. Spoon about 1/2 tablespoon of peanut butter mixture on top of batter (don’t spread). Spoon remaining batter over peanut butter. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, until tops spring back when touched. (Note: The normal toothpick test for doneness won’t work due to the filling.) Remove from oven and let cool completely.
7. To prepare frosting, combine cream cheese, butter and peanut butter in a bowl. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add powdered sugar, beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
8. Frost tops of cupcakes when they are completely cool. Makes 24 cupcakes.
Recipe by Jennifer Perillo, "Sweet Talk," Feb. 2010
Per cupcake: 290 caloires, 17g fat, 55mg chol., 6g prot., 30g carbs., 1g fiber, 270mg sodium.
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