Peanut Butter Cupcakes are packed with delicious peanut butter flavor. Once you try one, you'll gobble up the whole batch!
These cupcakes are one of our family's favorite special occasion snacks. I love to top them with chocolate frosting or even peanut butter buttercream frosting! They are fast and easy to whip up and bake up in just 15 minutes!
How to keep these cupcakes from turning out dry
The key to baking with peanut butter is to make sure they turn out moist. Peanut butter is a drying ingredient so many recipes I've tried in the past turn out hard and crumbly.
To fix this, in this recipe we use oil instead of butter and add in some applesauce for even more moisture. You can use creamy or chunky peanut butter, whichever texture you prefer, they taste good either way!
Ingredients
First, gather your ingredients:
- brown sugar
- vegetable oil
- applesauce
- peanut butter
- eggs
- milk
- vanilla extract
- flour
- baking soda
- cream of tartar
- salt
- frosting of your choice
Step by step
Now it's time to bake! (Full recipe card below)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- In a stand mixer (affiliate link) or a large bowl with an electric hand mixer, mix together the brown sugar, oil, applesauce, and peanut butter until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
- Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients alternately with the milk.
- Spoon into the prepared muffin cups, almost to the top, these cupcakes don't rise much!
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
- Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for ten minutes before removing to a wire rack. Let them cool completely before frosting them with chocolate frosting or peanut butter frosting.
Is your mouth watering yet?
Variations
- add a reese's peanut butter cup to the center of the cupcake before baking
- stir in mini chocolate chips
- top with frosting and mini peanut butter cups
You might also like to try my Peanut Butter Pie, Peanut Butter Blossoms, and Peanut Butter Cookies!
If you try this recipe, please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
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Peanut Butter Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 30 1x
- Category: dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Peanut Butter Cupcakes are packed with delicious peanut butter flavor. Once you try one, you'll gobble up the whole batch!
Ingredients
- 2 cups brown sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup applesauce
- 1 ½ cups peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- pinch of salt
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners, or grease and flour cups.
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In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, oil, applesauce, and peanut butter until light and fluffy.
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Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter alternately with the milk.
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Spoon into the prepared muffin cups, almost to the top (cupcakes do not rise much).
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Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top of the cupcakes spring back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Frost once completely cool.
Notes
- Spoon batter almost to the top of the cupcake pan, batter does not rise much.
Keywords: peanut butter cupcakes
Harriet says
So delicious!
★★★★★