Brown Sugar Cupcakes w/ Cookie Dough Frosting!

Cookie dough is a weak spot for many people, myself included. Cookie dough with uncooked eggs is generally not advised. So why not help yourself to some cookie dough frosting?

It's uncooked-egg free :)

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Also, after all my cupcakes were frosted I had a considerable amount of frosting leftover so I turned them into truffles. If you want, I can make a post about those at a later date :)

Brown Sugar Cupcakes

Ingredients:

3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)

3/4 cup light brown sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature* Remember to get your eggs out of the fridge!

1 and 1/3 cup all-purpose (AP) flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 teaspoon salt (if you only have salted butter, omit this ingredient)

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1) Preheat oven to 350º F.

2) In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

3) In a glass measuring cup, add the milk & vanilla together. Set aside.

4) Beat butter in a large bowl until soft. Add sugar, beating until fluffy.

5) Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until incorporated after each one.

6) Add 1/4 of the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and beat to combine.

7)  Add 1/3 of the vanilla/milk mixture and beat to combine.

8) Alternate between flour mixture and vanilla/milk mixture - ending with the flour mixture.

9) Fill cupcake liners about 3/4 of the way full and bake for 15-20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

10) Let cool then frost!

Cookie Dough Frosting or Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cup salted butter (room temperature)

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

7-8 cups sifted powdered sugar (2 lbs.)

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

about 1/2 tablespoon milk

Mini chocolate chips

1) In a large bowl, cream butter & shortening together until smooth.

2) Add sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing at a relatively high speed.

3) Add milk based on consistency you like best. 

4) Add 1/2 cup flour mixing until combined.

5) Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, mixing until combined.

6) Add 1/2 cup light brown sugar, mixing until combined.

7) Again, based on your preferences of consistency, add as much milk as you see fit. Also, if you want to turn your cookie dough frosting into chocolate chip cookie dough frosting, fold in mini chocolate chips.*

*If you are folding the chips into the frosting, you may find difficulty when trying to pipe the icing onto a cupcake. If you'd rather, you can always just sprinkle the chips on top. I omitted the chips altogether.

(From cookiesandcups.com)