APPLE PIE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Make sauteed apples and set aside, this will be your filling trust me they taste just like apple pie filling! Allow to cool while you are making cupcakes. Make sure to dice up your apples either before or after you sautee them. ----------------- Preheat oven to 325*F Line cupcake pan with liners and set aside. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, combine cake mix, flour, sugar and salt. Mix to incorporate. Add water, oil, vanilla, sour cream and eggs. Mix well until mixture is smooth. Add cinnamon, nutmeg and apple pie spice. Mix well. Using a large cookie scoop, fill each liner 3/4 full with cake batter. Bake for 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. While cupcakes are cooling, make Spiced Buttercream Frosting. ----------------- Using a stand or hand mixer, blend butter until smooth & creamy. Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time until fully incorporated. Add vanilla and mix well. Add heavy whipping cream and blend well until full mixed in. Add cinnamon and nutmeg and mix well, scraping sides of bowl as needed. Set aside. ----------------- Make pie crust cookies (cut into small pieces as shown in photos), set aside. ----------------- When cupcakes are cooled, hollow out cupcakes with a knife or a tool. Spoon diced up sauteed apples into the center of each cupcake. Place a little of the filling or cupcake nub back on top of filling. Pipe frosting and any decorations you want onto cupcake and promptly devour 2.