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Apple Cupcakes with Brown Butter Glaze

Tender, moist cupcakes studded with soft apple bits and warmed with cinnamon and nutmeg, finished with a nutty brown butter glaze.

Apple Cupcakes with Brown Butter Glaze

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups190 gAll-purpose flour
  • 1⅛ tsp5 gBaking powder
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking soda
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • 1½ tsp4 gGround cinnamon
  • ½ tsp1 gGround nutmeg
  • ¾ cup180 gUnsweetened applesauce
  • 1 medium180 gApplepeeled and finely diced
  • ⅔ cup packed130 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 2 large100 gEggsroom temperature
  • ⅓ cup80 gCanola oil
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp40 gUnsalted butter
  • 1 cup120 gPowdered sugarsifted
  • 1½ tbsp (20 ml)25 gMilk, 2%

Steps

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
  2. Peel and finely dice the apple and set it aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk the brown sugar, eggs, canola oil, applesauce and vanilla until smooth.
  5. Stir the flour mixture into the applesauce mixture just until no dry streaks remain, then fold in the diced apple.
  6. Divide the batter evenly among the 12 liners, filling each about three-quarters full.
  7. Bake 20 to 22 minutes, until the tops spring back and a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
  8. Cool the cupcakes in the pan 5 minutes, then move them to a rack and cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  9. For the glaze, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook, swirling, until it smells nutty and turns golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes; pour it into a bowl and cool 5 minutes.
  10. Whisk the powdered sugar and milk into the browned butter until thick and smooth.
  11. Spoon the brown butter glaze over the cooled cupcakes and let it set 10 minutes before serving.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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