Dessert Recipe Spiced Applesauce Cupcakes

Dessert Recipe Spiced Applesauce Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups flour


• 1 teaspoon baking soda


• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon


• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg


• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 1/2 cup butter, softened


• 1 cup sugar


• 1 egg


• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce


• 1 cup finely chopped pecans

Apple Glaze

• 3/4 cup powdered sugar


• 5 teaspoons apple juice, about

Instructions:

1. Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt until very well combined; set aside.


2. In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy; add egg and beat until fluffy.


3. Stir in applesauce.


4. Gradually add flour mixture, beating until well blended; stir in nuts.


5. Spoon batter into paper-lined or well-greased 2 1/2-inch muffin pans, filling each about 2/3 full.


6. Bake in a 350°oven until tops spring back when lightly touched (20-25 min).


7. let cool in pans on wire racks for about 5 minutes.


8. Prepare Apple Glaze, carefully remove cupcakes, place on racks and brush with glaze.

Apple Glaze:

1. mix powdered sugar and apple juice until smoothly blended and of a good brushing consistency.