Cookie Dough Cupcakes - Part I

If you like cookie dough, these just might change your life.  Cookie dough flavored cupcakes, filled with an eggless cookie dough { hooray, no salmonella... not that it ever stopped me before, just makes me feel better about feeding it to friends }, topped with brown sugar cookie dough frosting and chocolate chips.

 { Good enough for me! }

Thank you, Annie, for introducing me to what just might be the best cookie... err, cupcake ever.

So get your sweet tooth ready.  These bad boys are well worth the effort.  Given that there's so much going on with these, I'll break it into three posts.  First up, the actual cupcake!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1½ cups unsalted butter, softened
• 1½ cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 4 large eggs
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup miniature semi sweet chocolate chips

Equipment

• 36 cupcake liners
• Stand mixer
• Spatula
• 1/4 cup measuring cup { for portioning cupcakes }
• Medium mixing bowl

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350* and line cupcake pans with paper liners.
• Beat butter and brown sugar in stand mixer with paddle attachment on medium-high for three minutes, or until light and fluffy.

• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well with each addition.  Scrape sides of bowl as needed.

• Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl.

• With mixer on low speed, alternate adding dry mixture and milk beginning and ending with dry mixture.  Mix until just incorporated with each addition.

• Add vanilla and mix well.

• Remove bowl from mixer and fold in chocolate chips with spatula.

• Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, portion batter into cupcake pans.  { You should get between 30-36 cupcakes. }

• Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

• Cool in pan for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Filling and frosting recipe to come.  But these would be wonderful with a simple chocolate frosting as well!