Cinnamon Streusel Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting- Cinnamon lovers unite! Cinnamon cupcakes topped with a crunchy streusel and a dreamy cinnamon buttercream frosting.

Let’s jump right into these amazing cupcakes!

Your Ingredients List:

• Flour + Baking powder + Salt + Ground cinnamon
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Butter
• Vanilla
• Milk
• Powdered sugar
• Butter flavor shortening

Butter →You will need it for all three parts of this recipe:

• The Cupcake Batter: Make sure it’s softened
• The Streusel: Make sure it’s cold.
• The Frosting: Like the cupcake batter, it needs to be softened

Milk: Dairy or a non dairy ( ex: almond, cashew milk) can both be used.

Butter Flavored Shortening: I like to use Crisco butter flavored baking sticks in my frosting. Just a few tablespoons give the frosting a really creamy texture. Regular shortening will also work.

Making Streusel:

• First, mix together the dry ingredients ( flour, brown sugar and ground cinnamon).
• Then, cut the cold butter into the mixture. You can use a pastry cutter, two knives, a fork, or pulse the mixture a few times in your food processor. Need some help? How to Cut Butter into Flour.
• The object is to get the mixture to resemble about pea-size crumb mixture.
• You can make this any time before baking the cupcakes, just keep it in the refrigerator until you are ready for it.
• After you top the cupcake ( before baking) with the streusel, you will probably have some leftover. You can either garnish the frosting with some ( as seen in the photos) or simply keep the leftovers in a covered container in your refrigerator for future use.

✘ ✘ Don’t Forget! Over mixing your batter can give you dense cupcakes. Simply mix until there are no dry spots left in the batter.

More Cinnamon to Enjoy:

• Self Rising Flour Cinnamon Muffins
• Cinnamon Oat Muffins
• Cinnamon Crumb Coffee Cake
• Whole Wheat Cinnamon Scones
• Mini Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins
• Cinnamon Sugar Quick Bread

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