Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose gluten free flour
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 6 oz cream cheese

  room temperature
• ¼ cup butter

  softened to room temperature
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add 12 cupcake liners to a cupcake pan and set
  aside.
• 2 Add eggs, sugar, applesauce, and vanilla extract to the bowl of an electric
  mixer. Mix on medium until combined.
• 3 In a small bowl, add flour pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and
  salt. Whisk to combine. Add dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix on low
  until combined.
• 4 Use a cookie scoop to fill each cupcake liner halfway full with the batter.
  There should be enough batter for exactly 12 cupcakes.
• 5 Bake for 18-21 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake
  comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool to room temperature before frosting.
• 6 Add softened cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract and pumpkin pie spice to the
  bowl of a mixer. Mix until ingredients are combined.
• 7 Add 1 cup of powdered sugar to the mixing bowl at a time, mixing until
  incorporated. Repeat this process until all 4 cups of powdered sugar have been
  added to the frosting.
• 8 Frost cupcakes once cooled, and top with a light sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice
  if desired.

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