Maple Walnut Streusel Cupcakes

Maple Walnut Streusel Cupcakes

The Artful Cupcake

Yields 12 cupcakes

Ingredients:

maple walnut cupcakes:

7 1/2 oz flour

5 oz brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoons salt

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature

2 eggs

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

1/4 cup milk

1 cup chopped walnuts

maple streusel topping:

1 oz brown sugar

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

2 tablespoons pure maple syrup

2 1/2 oz all-purpose flour

2 oz chopped walnuts

Directions:

Streusel:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. In the bowl of the electric mixer, cream the brown sugar with the butter. When the mixture has softened, add the mple syrup, keeping the mixer running until it's incorporated. Add the flour and mix it in, then add the walnuts.

2. Spread the mixture onto a bking sheet and bake 6 to 8 minutes, until it borwns lightly. let it cool. It will be like a hard cookie, so use a dough cutter or sharp knife to crumble it up, then set the mixture aside.

Cupcakes:

1. Turn the oven down or preaheat it to 325 degrees F after you've made the streusel topping, and prepare a muffin pan with paper baking cups.

2. Place the first flour ingredients into the bowl of an electric mixer with paddle blade.

3. Cut in the butter, and beat until combined.

4. Add the eggs, maple syrup, and milk.

5. Once mixed, add the walnuts.

6. Fill baking cups 3/4 of the way full, then cover each cup with streusel mixture.

7. Bake until the cakes are bouncy in the middle, 15 to 20 minutes. Set on a wire rack to cool before serving.