Pumpkin Brown Butter Cupcakes

Name: Pumpkin Brown Butter Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 15 cupcakes
Ingredients: 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for tins; 1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for tins; 1/4 cup fresh sage leaves, cut into chiffonade (optional); 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (not pie filling); 1 cup packed light-brown sugar; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 2 large eggs; Brown Butter Icing; 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter; 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons milk, plus more if needed

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Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings
15 cupcakes
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American

Pumpkin Brown Butter Cupcakes

Joshua Davis

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Pumpkin Brown Butter Cupcakes are soft, moist, creamy yet nutty, and perfect to quench any fall-flavor craving!

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Ingredients

Servings

For Cupcakes

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for tins
1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for tins
1/4 cup fresh sage leaves, cut into chiffonade (optional)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup canned pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
Brown Butter Icing

For Brown Butter Icing

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk, plus more if needed

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Instructions

To Make Cupcakes:

Preheat oven to 325 F. Brush standard muffin tins with butter; dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the sage, if desired, and continue to cook, swirling occasionally, until butter turns golden brown. Skim foam from top, and remove from heat. Pour into a bowl to stop the cooking, leaving any burned sediment behind; let cool.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. In another bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, both sugars, eggs, and brown-butter mixture. Add flour mixture and whisk until just combined.
Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three-quarters full. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool completely before removing cupcakes. Cupcakes can be stored overnight at room temperature, or frozen up to 2 months, in airtight containers.
To finish, dip top of each cupcake in icing, then turn over quickly and let set. Cupcakes are best eaten the day they are glazed, keep at room temperature until ready to serve.

To Make Brown Butter Icing:

Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, swirling pan occasionally, until nut-brown in color, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and pour butter into bowl, leaving behind any burned sediment.
Add confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons milk to brown butter, stir until smooth. If necessary, add more milk (up to 2 tablespoons) a little at a time, just until icing is spreadable. Use immediately.