Maple Bacon Bourbon Cupcakes

Servings

30 mins

Prep Time

2 hrs
30 mins

Total Time

Contains Gluten

Ingredients

Amount / Quantity	Ingredients
1 1/2 cups	All-Purpose Flour
2 teaspoons	Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon	Salt
1/2 cup	Butter, softened
1 cup	Light Brown Sugar
2	Eggs
1/3 cup	Bourbon Whiskey
6 tablespoons	Milk
6 slices	Jones Dairy Farm Dry Aged Bacon (for candied bacon)
Approximately 6 teaspoons	Honey (for candied bacon)
6 tablespoons	Brown Sugar (for candied bacon)
1 cup	Butter, softened (for frosting)
3 1/2 cups	Powdered Sugar (for frosting)
1/3 cup	Maple Syrup (for frosting)
1/2 teaspoon	Maple Extract, optional (for frosting)

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Directions

Preheat oven to 350˚F.
Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Cream butter and sugar together in large bowl; add eggs one at a time, blend well. Stir in bourbon. Alternate flour mixture and milk, stirring until well mixed. Fill paper baking cups 2/3 to 3/4 full. Bake for 22-25 minutes, remove from oven, and allow to cool.
For the Candied Bacon:

Arrange bacon on sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Drizzle each strip with 1 teaspoon honey, then using a pastry brush or finger, spread honey so each strip is evenly coated. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of brown sugar on each strip of bacon.
Bake in 350˚F oven about 20 minutes. The brown sugar should be completely melted and bacon thoroughly cooked. When bacon is cool cut strips at angle into 1 1/4-inch strips.
For the Maple Buttercream Frosting:

In medium bowl, cream butter with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar 1/3 at a time, scraping bowl frequently. Add maple syrup and maple extract.
When cupcakes are cool, frost and garnish with candied bacon.

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Ratings and Reviews

11/18/2018

Wow

Wow these are good cupcakes! I was looking for recipes online that included the following: bourbon, real maple syrup, bacon, and most importantly made from scratch. My only critique is that the recipe as is yielded 5 oversized cupcakes. I used Parchemin lotus cupcake cups because I wanted a masculine presentation. Making these for work for International Men's Day. My tweak to recipe: added three strips of crumbled bacon to cupcake mix while mix with flour, etc. After my first taste test, I think I could have added 6 crumbled strips. The crumbles in the cupcake are just delicious when it combines in your mouth with the frosting. My only tweak to the frosting: I added 1.5 tsp of pure vanilla extract. Now I'm making a batch doubling the cupcake mix. Thank you! I expect my coworkers will love it. One other possible tweak is to use a little less bourbon, but can't say yet what to decrease to. Not sure if it will taste differently though tomorrow or if the bourbon was a little overpowering because I just ate it after cooling it down a bit. Overall recipe is a keeper! Bourbon and bacon should be tweaked to personal tastes.

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