Oreo Cupcakes w. Vanilla Buttercream / Oreo Buttercream

Cupcake Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 egg whites, room temperature
3/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cups crushed oreo cookies (10 cookies)

Cupcake Directions

• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and the butter until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract, then beat in the egg whites one at a time, making sure each is fully incorporated before adding the next.
• Working in 4 or 5 additions, alternately add the flour mixture and the milk to the sugar mixture. Keep the mixer on low speed while you do this. When just combined, stir in the crushed oreos.
• Spoon batter evenly into muffin tins, filling each about 2/3 full.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350F, until a toothpick comes out clean (a few chocolate cookie crumbs are fine, but not batter).

Frosting Ingredients
1 stick butter, room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 Cup Oreos [10 cookies]


Frosting Directions

• Beat butter until light and fluffy, scrape bowl
• Add sifted powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Alternate and beat well.
• Add crushed oreos in a small stream.
• Beat until well combined.

Yet another one of our managers had their last day yesterday and I was assigned to bring cupcakes. I decided that the Oreo cupcakes were fast and easy to throw together so I decided to bring those.

Going with the assumption that oreo frosting on an oreo cupcake would be overkill, I omitted the oreos from the frosting on the oreo cupcakes, leaving a rich and full buttercream that I thought accented the oreo well, and put the oreo frosting on plain chocolate cupcakes.

Thankful to say that they were a huge hit at work and I was nominated to bring cupcakes to every store function.