peanut butter and jelly cupcakes
My daughter left for Paris today and I will be on edge until I know she landed safely. So to de-stress I made some cupcakes. She bought a bunch of cake mixes the other day so I grabbed one and started from there. Hunter my 7-year-old wanted peanut butter & jelly cupcakes (I made him peanut butter and jelly brownies once and he loved them), so this is what we came up with :) You can use any kind of preserve or jam, I used grape jam since it is my son's favorite. I myself would prefer them with some blueberry or blackberry preserves. These are great for kids, cause what kid doesn't like PB&J?
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Now, this is a way to combine two great flavors into one delicious dessert. Who doesn't love cupcakes and peanut butter and jelly? These are filled with peanut butter flavor. A dollop of your favorite jelly is a surprise in the middle. This is a fun recipe that reinvents boxed ingredients. Kids - big and small - are going to love these peanut butter and jelly cupcakes.
Ingredients
- 1 box French vanilla cake mix with pudding in mix
- 1 - 1 1/4 cups peanut butter (I like a lot)
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 3 - eggs
- - jar of your favorite jam or preserves
- 1 can fluffy white icing and or 1 can chocolate whipped frosting
- - peanut butter
- - additional jam to heat up and drizzle and/or M&M's to decorate
How To Make peanut butter and jelly cupcakes
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Step 1Line muffin tins with cupcake papers and preheat oven to 350. -
Step 2Empty the cake mix into a large bowl. Add 1 to 1 1/4 c peanut butter to mix. Mix on medium speed till crumbly.
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Step 3Pour water into this mix. Add the three eggs. Mix batter until smooth.
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Step 4Pour into paper lined muffin pan filling each only 1/3 full. Add 1 tsp jam or preserves to the top of each.
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Step 5Fill with the remaining batter over the jam. Bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Step 6Allow cupcakes to cool completely.
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Step 7In a small bowl, l mix fluffy white icing and peanut butter to taste.
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Step 8Put the icing into a pastry bag or decorating tube and pipe it onto each cupcake. Warm jam in the microwave and using a thin tip on a pastry bag or a small hole in a plastic baggie pipe the warm jam over the frosting. I've also used chocolate icing and M&M's as per my son's request, lol. Enjoy!
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