Mini Oreo Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 3 cups of cake flour
• 1 tbsp. of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. of salt
• 16 tbsp. of unsalted butter {at room temperature}
• 2 cups of sugar
• 5 eggs {at room temperature}
• 1 1/4 cups of buttermilk {at room temperature}
• 1 tbsp. of vanilla extract
• 1 package of mini OREO cookies
• 8 tbsp. of butter {at room temperature}
• 1/2 cup of vegetable shortening
• 4 cups of powered sugar
• 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract
• 6 tbsp. of crushed OREO cookies

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
2. Cream butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
4. Add eggs {one at a time} and beat after each addition.
5. In a 2 cup measuring cup, combine the buttermilk + vanilla.
6. Add the dry ingredients and the liquid to the batter.
7. Fill each lined cupcake tin with batter.
8. Bake 15-18 minutes, until toothpick insert comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then transfer to a cooking rack.
9. For the frosting: cream the butter and shortening until light and fluffy {about 2-3 minutes}. Then add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and some of the crushed OREO crumbs. Mix well.
10. Frost each cupcake and top with some more OREO crumbles and a mini OREO cookie.