Homemade Maple Bacon Cupcakes

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These delicious Maple Bacon Cupcakes are like breakfast on a cool Autumn morning – only sweeter – and handheld.

Maple Bacon Cupcakes combine some favorite flavors

Let’s face it – there is something special about a cool Autumn morning. There’s a chill in the air – like a whispered kiss from the Winter waiting just out of view. The air is filled with the drift of falling leaves – and sometimes you even catch the aroma of someone burning a pile of wood.

You just know that someone somewhere nearby is sitting down to a breakfast of fluffy buttermilk pancakes and fresh Maple syrup before heading off to school, ready to take on the day.

Enjoy Maple Bacon Cupcakes anytime

Bake a batch of these Maple Bacon Cupcakes and you’ll be celebrating those Autumn breakfasts on a whole new level. The secret is the real Maple syrup in the batter.

These cupcakes are so soft and moist, and rich with that sweet, earthy flavor. Top them off with Maple icing and a piece of fresh bacon and enjoy. You may just be transported back to Autumn mornings as a kid – and suddenly feel ready to head off to school with a smile on your face.

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Ingredients you need to make Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Cupcakes

• 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
• 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 5 tbsp butter, room temperature
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp imitation maple flavoring
• 2 large eggs
• ¼ cup milk
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup

Frosting

• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp imitation maple flavoring

6 strips of bacon, cooked, chopped into 1-2 inch pieces

How to make Maple Bacon Cupcakes

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
4. In another bowl, mix together sugar and butter until it is light and fluffy. Add vanilla and maple extracts, mix again.
5. Add eggs, one at, mixing between each addition. Set aside.
6. In a small bowl, whisk together maple syrup and milk. 
7. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the maple syrup/milk mixture to the wet ingredients, mixing each addition until just combined.
8. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the middle cupcake comes out clean.
9. Allow cupcakes to cool. 
10. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix together butter and extracts for frosting until well combined.
11. Add powdered sugar and mix on low speed until sugar is combined. Mix for 1 minute or so on medium-high speed. 
12. If frosting is too thick, add a dash of milk, or if it is too thin, add a tbsp of powdered sugar at a time until it is the right consistency.
13. Once cupcakes have cooled, frost them. 
14. And then top the cupcakes with a piece of cooked bacon. Enjoy! 

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