Brown Sugar Cupcakes with Salted Carmel and Bacon

I love cupcakes and when one of my YW(young women) from church suggested I make cupcakes I was like DUH!!!! So here it is...ENJOY!!!

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cups of flour

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp sea salt

1 cup light brown sugar

1 egg

1 tblsp vanilla

1/2 cup unsalted butter(melted)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. And place liners in cupcake pan.

In a bowl combine 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour with 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt. Stir to mix and set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together 1 cup loosely packed brown sugar with 1 large egg until smooth. Add in 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract. Slowly pour in 1/2 cup unsalted butter that has been melted and cooled. Continue to whisk together.

Fold in the flour mixture mixing with a spoon until batter is smooth. 

Fill the liners 3/4 with the batter. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.

SALTED CARMEL:

Brown Sugar

1/2 stick Butter (4 Tablespoons)

1/2 cup Cream

1 Tablespoon Vanilla

Pinch Of Sea salt

Mix all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-low to medium heat. Cook while whisking gently for 5 to 7 minutes, until thicker. Turn off heat. 

Buttercream:

• 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 
• 1 pound confectioners' sugar, sifted 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

• In a mixer bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, combine butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Beat on high speed 2 to 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally.

  
  

  BACON: 

  I just took slices of bacon and stacked them then used my kitchen shears and cut directly into pan. I fried on high. Keep an eye out so they don't burn. 

  
  

  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

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