Applesauce Cupcakes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup honey
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup seedless raisin
• 1/4 cup broken walnut pieces
• your favourite frosting

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350. line the cupcake pans with paper liners.
• 2 put the sifter into the medium mixing bowl. measure the sifted flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and salt into the sifter. sift these dry ingredients into the bowl.
• 3 measure the shortening into the large mixing bowl. use the electric mixer to beat the shortening until it is fluffy.
• 4 add the honey to the shortening and continue to beat the mixture for 2 minutes. stop the mixer once or twice and use the rubber spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• 5 add half the applesauce and half the sifted dry ingredients to the honey-and-shortening mixture. mix at medium speed until all the flour disappears. stop once or twice to scrape down the sides of the bowl with the spatula.
• 6 add the remaining applesauce and dry ingredients. mix again until everything is blended.
• 7 use the wooden spoon to stir in the raisins and walnut pieces.
• 8 spoon the batter into the cupcake liners, filling each about 2/3 full.
• 9 bake the cupcakes for 25 to 30 minutes.
• 10 poke a toothpick through the center of a cupcake. if the toothpick comes out clean, the cupcakes are done. set them on the racks to cool.
• 11 after 10 minutes, take the cupcakes out of the pans and let them cool completely on the racks before frosting them.