Peanut Butter Cupcake Recipe

Anyone who loves peanut butter will love this simple-to-make peanut butter cupcake recipe. A great pleasure for birthday parties, after school snacks, or for holiday celebrations, this recipe will serve eighteen people and can easily be doubled for bigger quantities.

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Cupcakes

• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened at room temperature


• 1/2 cup peanut butter, creamy or chunky


• 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar


• 1 egg


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


• 2 cups all-purpose flour


• 2 teaspoons baking powder


• 1/2 teaspoon of salt


• 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon


• 3/4 cup of milk

Ingredients for Icing

• 1/3 cup of peanut butter, creamy or chunky


• 2 cups of confectioner sugar


• 2 teaspoons of honey


• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract


• 3 tablespoons of milk

Steps for Making Cupcakes

1. Combine in a mixing bowl the softened butter, peanut butter and brown sugar until creamy.


2. Slowly beat in egg and vanilla.


3. Then add the rest of the dry ingredients while adding the milk.


4. Prepare the muffin pans with cupcake lined papers.


5. Slowly pour mixture into each cup until it is two-thirds full.


6. Bake in a 350 degrees oven for twenty to thirty minutes.


7. Let cupcakes cool before removing from pans.

Steps for Making Icing

1. In a mixing bowl, combine together peanut butter and sugar.


2. Slowly add the vanilla and honey.


3. Mix in the milk until the mixture is creamy enough to spread easily on the cupcakes.


4. Apply the icing to the fully cooled cupcakes.

Serves 18