Cupcakes Recipe:
Note: This makes 28 cupcakes. I cut the recipe in half (and I literally scopped half an egg out to do this) and made 12 big cupcakes. If you cut it, don't forget to cut the frosting recipe ingrediants in half!
If you make the cupcakes & frosting, the recipe calls for softened cream cheese & butter. Make sure to lay it both out about 30 minutes before, or until you can put your finger in it gently & it leaves a little dent. Microwaving either will probably makes the frosting/cupcakes tough.
1 and 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 cups whole milk
14 crushed oreos (To crush them, I put the Oreos in a sealed bag & lightly pounded them with a hammer)
Garnish: Mino Oreos (I used the mini Oreos from the 100 calorie packs)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 28 muffin cups with foil liners.
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
In a SEPERATE medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and slat. Gradually add to the sugar/butter mixture, alternately add milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. (Basically pour in flour mixture, beat, add in milk, beat, add in flour mixture, beat, add in milk, beat, and add in flour mixture).
Stir in crushed cookies. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 16-20 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
Spread or pipe Cream Cheese Frosting evenly over cupcakes. Garnish with mini Oreos, if desired.
Cream Cheese Frosting
This tastes just like the Oreo filling!
3/4 cup butter, softened
12 ounces of cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
9 cups confectioners' sugar
In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with a mixer until creamy. Beat in cream until combined. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth.
To put these together, I piped mine to make them look pretty. If you don't know how to do it, you just fill a little piping bag with icing & fit it with a medium-large tip. You then just take the cupcakes & basically start from the outside & make a spiral around the cupcake, layering it on top of the other icing. Then put a little Oreo on top!
What my first try making them looked like!
Thanks for the dedication girl! hahaha this looks like a heart attack in chocolate! 1.5 cups of butter? seriously? lol I'm going to have to tweak it before I can make it! : )
ReplyDeleteI was thinking you could use 100 calorie pack oroes instead of real Oreos for the batter! And you can always use a butter replacement instead, and you have to remember that's 1.5 cups divided among 28 cupcakes haha. They're ok as long as you don't eat like 4 everyday haha
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