Peanut Butter Cupcakes W/Peanut Butter Frosting

These Homemade Peanut Butter Cupcakes are soft, tender and loaded with peanut butter flavor. Peanut butter cake, peanut butter frosting and garnished with Reeses pieces candies. These cupcakes have triple the peanut butter flavor.  

I have been wanting to make this recipe for Homemade Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting for awhile now. It has just been so hard trying to find the time to get them done. Well, I finally made them and boy was I so glad I did. I love peanut butter especially in baked items such as cakes, muffins or breads.

The original recipe was for a peanut butter cake but I did cupcakes instead. This recipe did not call for adding Reeses Pieces to the top, that was just a perk that I tossed in.  Those little guys are highly addicting and their colors are so eye catching. I thought they looked so pretty sitting on top of all that luscious frosting.

This is another recipe that comes from Me maws Manna Cookbook. If you do not have this cookbook I really do recommend getting it. There are pages and pages of home cooked family favorites, you wont be disappointed.
 

The cupcakes baked up nice and were cotton soft, the frosting well it was just to die for. My kids loved these cupcakes so much the we wiped them out by the next day. Sweets really don't last to long in our house especially when they turn out awesome. So, trust me if you are a peanut butter lover you will be smitten with these little guys.

These are the ingredients you will need: sugar, shortening, vanilla extract, peanut butter, flour, milk, butter, eggs, baking powder, powdered sugar and Reeses pieces candies.


cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs and beat well.


add peanut butter and beat well.

add milk and vanilla extract


mix well


I sifted the flour and the baking powder together and then added it to the mixture.


Umm creamy goodness go ahead and dip your finger and get a taste, it is so good.


using a ice cream scooper fill the cupcake liners about 3/4 full with batter. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20-25 minutes until the cupcakes are golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

cool completely on a wire rack. Frost with homemade peanut butter frosting. (recipe below)

 

a peanut butter lovers dream!!!!

Peanut Butter Cupcakes

2/3 - cup shortening, I use Crisco
1  1/2 - cups granulated sugar
3 - eggs
1 - cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 - cup milk
1 - teaspoon vanilla extract
2 - teaspoon baking powder
1  3/4 - cups all purpose flour

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs and beat well. Add peanut butter and beat well.

Add milk and vanilla extract alternately with the baking powder and flour. 

Using a ice cream scoop fill the muffing liners about 3/4 full with batter.

Bake at 350 for about 20 -25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.  

Cool cupcakes completely on a wire rack and frost with peanut butter frosting .



Peanut Butter Frosting:

1 - 16 oz box powdered sugar
1 - stick butter, softened (1/2 cup)
1/2 - cup creamy peanut butter
1 - teaspoon vanilla extract
3 - 4 tablespoon milk
Reeses pieces for garnish

Cream powdered sugar and margarine together, add peanut butter.
 

Mix well, add vanilla extract and enough milk to make it easy enough to spread.
 

Beat mixture together until you have the consistency you want.
 

Frost cupcakes when completely cooled.

Recipe yields: 12 cupcakes 
Recipe source: Me Maws Mania

If you're pressed for time you can make a Peanut Butter Sheet Cake instead of cupcakes. I have done this several times and it's a huge time saver. I baked mine in a 12x18 inch sheet cake pan with a rim. Grease and flour the pan and add the batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes. When cool frost with peanut butter frosting and add sprinkles or Reeses pieces.