Oreo Cupcakes

photo by cookiellaos




- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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24 Cupcakes
ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 egg whites, room temperature
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1 1⁄4 cups crushed Oreo cookies (10 cookies)
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Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- 1⁄2 cup butter, room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 24 muffin cups with baking cups.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and the butter until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract, then beat in the egg whites one at a time, making sure each is fully incorporated before adding the next.
- Working in 4 or 5 additions, alternately add the flour mixture and the milk to the sugar mixture. Keep the mixer on low speed while you do this. When just combined, stir in the crushed Oreos.
- Spoon batter evenly into muffin tins, filling each about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350°F, until a toothpick comes out clean (a few chocolate cookie crumbs are fine, but not batter).
- Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
- Store in an airtight container if not serving the same day.
- Note: If you only have a 12-cup muffin tin, the batter will not suffer from sitting around for a few minutes while the first batch bakes. Just be sure to let the pan cool completely before filling it up again.
- Variation: To make plain vanilla cupcakes, simply omit the Oreos. You might end up with only about 18 cupcakes, but as long as you fill the tins about 2/3 full, the baking time will be the same.
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Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and beat, with an electric mixer, until frosting is creamy, 3-5 minutes.
- Frost cupcakes with frosting using a butter knife or offset spatula. Add as much or as little frosting as desired. If making Oreo cupcakes, garnish with additional chunks of Oreo.
Reviews
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These cupcakes came out awful. They were way too sweet and I added extra flour. They do not taste anything like Oreo and the picture is not of the actual cupcakes. Horrible simply horrible and I bake all the time and have used several recipes from this website and I basically have to throw the whole batch out.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mimi Bobeck
United States
Very busy nanny/au pair, working for a very rich and snooty family, in a very large home, in a very snooty village. Just in case my employer comes here, please don't ask where I am from, or I'll be sacked like the last nanny was. ;-) I take care of 4 gorgeous, and darling kids. 3 girls and a boy. The boy is the youngest (and my favorite). They are great children, very, very active. (Hyper)
I love to cook. I guess that's a given, why else would I be here. Part of my job is also to prepare meals for the family. The more they like my food, the longer I get to stay. (just a little joke)
On my day off, I usually go out to the cinema or some dance clubs with the other au pairs in this town. That's about it I think.