Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, at room temp
• 3 tbsp. applesauce
• 3 tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• Banana Butter Frosting (see recipe)
• Sweetened banana chips, for garnish

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Line twenty-four 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with paper liners.

2. Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.

3. In a large bowl, beat together brown sugar, peanut butter, applesauce, oil and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth and well combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition until combined. Beat in flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, on low speed until just combined.

4. Fill prepared muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, 14 to 16 minutes. Let cupcakes cool in muffin cup 5 minutes. Using a knife, loosen edges; carefully remove cupcakes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Frost with Banana Butter Frosting, then garnish with banana chips.

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