The materials and preparation time for these pretzel snacks are both quite short. Serve with cheese sauce, mustard, salt, or seasonings like cinnamon sugar, ranch dressing, etc.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 cupcakes |
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup apple cider
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
- Mix together brown sugar, melted butter, and white sugar in a stand mixer until thoroughly combined. Add eggs and mix well. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt; mix until combined. Add apple cider and vanilla extract and beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Divide batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes.
- While cupcakes are cooling, combine cream cheese and softened butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until blended. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract; beat until frosting is creamy. Top cooled cupcakes with frosting.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 329 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Cholesterol | 72 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 279 mg |
| Sugars | 31 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
they were very good although I accidentally used apple cider packets they were sunken and crumbly they were still amazing and I loved them do not make the mistake I did
I love to make these for Thanksgiving as it gives a hint of fall/winter in one. It’s one of the few recipes I don’t make any changes for, other than mixing the wet ingredients together before adding the dry. Truly lovely and I always make a double batch because they do not last long.