Brown Sugar Cupcakes Food

OLD-FASHIONED BROWN SUGAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan.
• Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well blended.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir vanilla extract and almond extract into buttermilk. Add flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the creamed butter mixture, beating well between additions.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

BROWN SUGAR BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet, or use parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and cream of tartar. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in milk and vanilla. Knead briefly on a floured surface. Roll out into a large rectangle, 1/2 inch thick. Spread softened butter onto surface of dough. Mix together brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over butter. Roll tightly, and cut into 12 equal slices. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

BROWN SUGAR CUPCAKES WITH BROWN BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Soften 2 sticks butter.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Line muffin pan with paper liners.
• Cream 2 sticks butter and the brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, beating after each addition.
• Add buttermilk (Plain yogurt also works well) and mix well.
• Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.
• Fill muffin cups 2/3 full and bake until golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Set cupcakes on wax paper to cool.
• When ready to frost, melt remaining stick of butter over medium heat until golden brown.
• Remove from heat and add confectioners sugar and vanilla to butter and mix. Add milk one tablespoon at a time until smooth and of your desired thickness. I like to leave it on the thick side so it doesn't run off the sides of the cupcakes, but it's up to you what you like.
• Spoon glaze over each cupcake and swirl it around.
• Let stand until glaze is set.

BROWN-SUGAR POUND CUPCAKES WITH BROWN-BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• Reduce speed to low. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk and ending with dry. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake cupcakes until testers inserted into centers come out clean, 25 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks. (Unglazed cupcakes will keep, covered, for up to 3 days.) Set racks with cupcakes over parchment-lined baking sheets. Spoon glaze over tops, and let stand until set. Serve glazed cupcakes immediately.

BURNT BROWN SUGAR CUPCAKES WITH FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Line 12 muffin cups with 12 paper liners. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• 2. Put butter it in a small saucepan on medium heat, stirring until it turns a dark golden color. Take the pan off the heat and cool until it begins to solidy but do not put in the fridge to speed up the process. This won't take that long.
• 3. When the butter is solid but still soft place the butter into a large bowl and add brown sugar and eggs. Beat until light and fluffly, about 2 minutes. Add vanilla extract.
• 4. In another bowl sift dry ingredients. Add to the butter mixture in three parts alternating with a tablespoon of milk each time and ending with the milk. Divide batter among the paper cups, and cook for 15 - 20 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
• 5. For the frosting once again burn the butter in the same process listed above in step two. Let it cool and solidify but do not put in the fridge to speed up the process.
• 6. Once the butter is solidified but soft place in a bowl and beat it until it is light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Add the confectioners' sugar slowly alternating with the milk until you have reached desired consistency. Smear frosting on cooled cupcakes and enjoy.

BROWN SUGAR CUPCAKES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups, grease bottoms and sides of muffin cups with shortening and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with flour.
• In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat 1 cup butter on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually add granulated sugar and brown sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat 2 minutes longer. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about one-third at a time, with 2/3 cup milk, about half at a time, beating just until blended.
• Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each with about 3 tablespoons batter or until two-thirds to three-fourths full.
• Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans; place on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In small saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, until light golden brown. Cool completely. In large bowl, beat browned butter, powdered sugar and 4 tablespoons milk with electric mixer on low speed. until blended. Beat in enough remaining milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Frost cupcakes.