caramel apple cupcakes

Name: Caramel Apple Cupcakes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ## CUPCAKES:; 1 package(s) yellow cake mix; 1 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 1 cup(s) chunky style applesauce; 3 large eggs; ## TOPPING:; 3/4 cup(s) creamy peanut butter; 1/2 cup(s) caramel sundae topping; 3 tablespoon(s) milk; ## GARNISH:; 3/4 cup(s) unsalted peanuts, finely chopped; 18 - wooden popsicle sticks

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Connee Conehead

Baltimore, MD

Updated on Jun 23, 2012

I had this recipe published in a church cookbook in 1999. I thought the recipe was lost but recently found the cookbook. Cake package directions state a yield of 24 cupcakes but the most I could ever get is 18.

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prep time 5 Min

cook time 25 Min

method Bake

yield 18 serving(s)

Ingredients

CUPCAKES:
1 package yellow cake mix
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup chunky style applesauce
3 large eggs
TOPPING:
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup caramel sundae topping
3 tablespoons milk
GARNISH:
3/4 cup unsalted peanuts, finely chopped
18 - wooden popsicle sticks

How To Make caramel apple cupcakes

Step 1

Combine cake mix, cinnamon, applesauce and eggs in large bowl or mixer bowl.

Step 2

Beat 2 minutes vigorously by hand or at high speed of mixer.
Step 3

Fill paper-lined muffin tins half full.
Step 4

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-27 minutes or until cupcake springs back when lightly touched in center.
Step 5

Cool COMPLETELY before frosting.
Step 6

Combine topping ingredients in small bowl.
Step 7

With butter knife or spreader, frost each cupcake with equal amounts of topping.
Step 8

Sprinkle with peanuts.
Step 9

Place popsicle stick in center of each cupcake and push through.
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