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| A few powdered sugar lumps in my glaze. Still tasted yummy. |
One apple down, 35 to go. Expect some apple recipes for a while. Freddie and I enjoyed baking these together. My favorite part...Pouring in the rum and he says "Mmmmm. That smells goooood."
Ingredients:
- 1 c. plus 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 c. milk
- 1/4 c. vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp spiced rum
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 c. apple, finely diced (about 1 large apple)
Glaze Ingredients:
- 1/4 c. brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1/2 c. powdered sugar
- Milk
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- In large bowl combine flour, brown sugar, soda, powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt.
- Whisk to combine thoroughly and break up all pieces of the brown sugar.
- Add milk, oil, rum, and vanilla and stir until just incorporated.
- Fold in apple until just incorporated.
- Spoon into fill cupcakes liners about 3/4 way full, dividing evenly among all liners.
- Bake in oven until cooked through, about 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcakes comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, make caramel glaze: In small saucepan combine brown sugar and butter over medium low heat.
- Bring to a boil, remove from heat, stir in powdered sugar.
- Slowly add a bit of milk to help smooth the mixture.
Notes:
- Try adding about a tablespoon at a time of milk to the glaze until it is at desired consistency.
- I used 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice in place of all the spices.
- These didn't rise well for me and were super moist. Maybe a little too moist? Perhaps I added too much apple and I probably should have diced it a little finer. I'm storing them in the fridge because it is so humid here now and they were verging on gooey.
- I'll make them again, but try tweaking the amount of apple.
