Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
 
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A warmly spiced cupcake that pays homage to the classic cookie.
Category: Dessert
Yield: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ cups cake flour,sifted
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup (2 4-oz sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1¾ cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1¼ cups milk
Frosting
  • 1½ cups (3 4-oz sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 4-5 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
Dusting
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
Instructions
Make the cupcakes
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line two cupcake pans with paper liners and set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix flour, cake flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir with a fork to combine.
  3. In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar together on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about two minutes.
  4. Add eggs one at a time, beating each until incorporated and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla.
  5. With the mixture on low, add the flour and milk in alternating batches, beginning and ending with the flour. Beat until just incorporated after each addition.
  6. Divide batter evenly in cupcake pans, filling each ⅔-3/4 full. Bake for 20-22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for five minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Make the Frosting:
  1. Beat butter on medium-high speed until fluffy, about two minutes.
  2. With the mixer on low, add powdered sugar a few tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Add vanilla and cinnamon and beat to combine.
  4. Frost cupcakes when they are completely cooled.
Dusting
  1. Combine 1 tsp cinnamon and 2 Tbsp granulated sugar in a small bowl. Use a small spoon or a mesh strainer to dust the frosted cupcakes.
Recipe by Baked In at https://www.baked-in.com/2014/01/06/snickerdoodle-cupcakes/