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Delectable Autumn Harvest Cupcakes

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Celebrate the fall season with these scrumptious Autumn Harvest Cupcakes, bursting with nostalgic flavors of pumpkin spice and a creamy filling topped with a graham cracker crunch.

Ingredients

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  • 1.5 cups crushed graham crackers
  • 0.33 cups dark brown sugar
  • 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 0.5 cups melted butter
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 0.5 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 0.5 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 0.5 teaspoon cloves
  • 0.5 teaspoon ginger
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 0.75 cups light brown sugar
  • 0.5 cups canola oil
  • 15 oz pumpkin purée
  • 0.5 cups sour cream
  • 0.5 cups butter
  • 3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. Prepare two cupcake tins with liners.
  3. Make the graham cracker crust by mixing crushed graham crackers, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter until crumbly. Spoon evenly into cupcake liners.
  4. Blend cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla bean paste until smooth in a bowl.
  5. Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger in another bowl.
  6. Combine wet ingredients: beat eggs, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, and canola oil until smooth. Mix in pumpkin purée and sour cream.
  7. Add dry ingredients to the wet mixture and combine until just mixed.
  8. Fill each cupcake liner with the pumpkin batter, filling them about two-thirds full.
  9. Add a dollop of cream cheese filling on top of the pumpkin batter.
  10. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  11. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
  12. Make frosting by beating butter and sour cream until fluffy, then gradually add powdered sugar.
  13. Frost the cooled cupcakes and sprinkle with crushed graham crackers.

Notes

You can vary the spices to suit your taste and try substituting ingredients for vegan or gluten-free options.

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Keywords: cupcakes, pumpkin spice, fall dessert, autumn baking, festive treats

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