Butter Pecan Cupcakes

Butter Pecan Cupcakes is an American hor d'oeuvre. Watching your figure? This gluten free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly recipe has 166 calories, 1g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 24. For 21 cents per serving, this recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 105 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. If you have pecans, egg whites, granulated sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Baking A Moment. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. With a spoonacular score of 3%, this dish is improvable. Try Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes with Butter Pecan Frosting, Apple Butter Pecan Cupcakes, and Toasted Butter Pecan Cupcakes for similar recipes.

Servings: 24

Preparation duration: 40 minutes

Cooking duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups plus 3 tablespoons (3 1/3) sticks unsalted butter

5 large egg whites

1 2/3 cup granulated sugar

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

about 1/4 cup toasted pecans, chopped finely

Equipment:

oven

frying pan

mixing bowl

baking spatula

bowl

whisk

pot

Cooking instruction summary:

To make the butter pecan cupcakes:Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and line cupcake pans with grease-proof papers.Place the salted butter in a small skillet over medium heat.Add the pecans, and cook, stirring, until toasted and fragrant.Set aside to cool.In a large mixing bowl, cream the unsalted butter and sugar together on medium-high speed, until pale and fluffy (about 5 minutes).Beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth.Add the flour, baking powder, and salt, stirring on medium-low speed until incorporated.Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula, and stir in the milk until smooth.Fold in the cooled buttered pecans.Divide the batter equally between all 24 lined wells of the cupcake pans.Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part of a cupcake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.Cool completely, then top with brown butter Swiss meringue buttercream and garnish with chopped toasted pecans.To make the brown butter Swiss meringue buttercream:Place the butter in a small skillet over medium heat.Cook until the butter melts, foams, and turns a nutty brown color.Remove from heat and cool until solidified.Place the egg whites and sugar in a large mixing bowl, and set it over a pot of barely simmering water.Cook, whisking occasionally, until the mixture becomes thin and opaque, and the sugar has completely dissolved. (It should no longer feel gritty when rubbed between the thumb and forefinger.)Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk on medium high speed until completely cool. (There should be no hint of warmth when you place your hand on the side of the mixing bowl. Refrigerate if necessary.)When the meringue is completely cool, fluffy, white, and thick enough to hold stiff peaks, add the solidified brown butter, one tablespoon at time, while whipping on medium-high speed. (If it begins to look curdled, continue whipping until it comes together before adding more butter.)Mix in the salt. (If the frosting seems runny, place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, then re-whip.)Transfer the buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a jumbo open star tip.Top the cupcakes with swirls of buttercream, then garnish with chopped toasted pecans.

 

Step by step:


1. To make the butter pecan cupcakes:Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and line cupcake pans with grease-proof papers.

2. Place the salted butter in a small skillet over medium heat.

3. Add the pecans, and cook, stirring, until toasted and fragrant.Set aside to cool.In a large mixing bowl, cream the unsalted butter and sugar together on medium-high speed, until pale and fluffy (about 5 minutes).Beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth.

4. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt, stirring on medium-low speed until incorporated.Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula, and stir in the milk until smooth.Fold in the cooled buttered pecans.Divide the batter equally between all 24 lined wells of the cupcake pans.


Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part of a cupcake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.Cool completely, then top with brown butter Swiss meringue buttercream and garnish with chopped toasted pecans.To make the brown butter Swiss meringue buttercream

1. Place the butter in a small skillet over medium heat.Cook until the butter melts, foams, and turns a nutty brown color.

2. Remove from heat and cool until solidified.

3. Place the egg whites and sugar in a large mixing bowl, and set it over a pot of barely simmering water.Cook, whisking occasionally, until the mixture becomes thin and opaque, and the sugar has completely dissolved. (It should no longer feel gritty when rubbed between the thumb and forefinger.)

4. Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk on medium high speed until completely cool. (There should be no hint of warmth when you place your hand on the side of the mixing bowl. Refrigerate if necessary.)When the meringue is completely cool, fluffy, white, and thick enough to hold stiff peaks, add the solidified brown butter, one tablespoon at time, while whipping on medium-high speed. (If it begins to look curdled, continue whipping until it comes together before adding more butter.)

5. Mix in the salt. (If the frosting seems runny, place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, then re-whip.)

6. Transfer the buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a jumbo open star tip.Top the cupcakes with swirls of buttercream, then garnish with chopped toasted pecans.


Nutrition Information:

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166k Calories
0.96g Protein
12g Total Fat
14g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
166k
8%

Fat
12g
19%

  Saturated Fat
7g
46%

Carbohydrates
14g
5%

  Sugar
13g
16%

Cholesterol
30mg
10%

Sodium
137mg
6%

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Protein
0.96g
2%

Vitamin A
355IU
7%

Manganese
0.05mg
2%

Selenium
1µg
2%

Vitamin B2
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin E
0.34mg
2%

Vitamin D
0.21µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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