Looking for a fun back-to-school classroom treat? Mix up our Easy Applesauce Muffin batter (or your favorite recipe), then decorate them with natural red frosting, pretzels, and mint leaves to look like apples!
Apple Cupcake Recipe
Makes:
12 Cupcakes
Hands-on time:
15 minutes
Start-to-eat time:
60 minutes
Ingredients
- muffin or cupcake batter (Easy Applesauce Muffins or your favorite recipe)
- 1 cup vanilla frosting
- 1/4 cup fresh raspberries
- 12 pretzel sticks
- 12 mint leaves
Kids kitchen skills:
- baking
- frosting
- creative presentation
Tools:
- 12-cup muffin tin
- 12 paper bake cup liners
- mixing bowls
- measuring spoons and cups
- aluminum foil
- strainer
Step-by-step
Grown-up steps
- Prepare the batter according to recipe directions. Line the muffin tin with paper bake cups. Roll aluminum foil into small balls and place each one between a liner and a muffin pan cup (see photo above). Pour the batter into the liners, then bake according to the recipe directions.
- Meanwhile, mix up some red frosting. To tint a bowl of vanilla frosting, push the fresh raspberries through a strainer so the juice runs into the icing. Stir it up. Then frost your cooled cupcakes.
- Press a pretzel stick into the top of each cupcake. Add a fresh mint leaf to each apple. Enjoy!
