Gingerbread Cupcakes | Cream Cheese Frosting and Gingerbread Men Cookies!

We're making these delicious gingerbread cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and a cute small gingerbread man cookie on top!

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Ingredients:
For the Cupcakes -
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and lvled
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup unsulfured molasses
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

For the Cream Cheese Frosting -
8 oz cream cheese, room temp
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
pinch of salt

For the Gingerbread Cookies -
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and lvled
1 tsp baking powder
2 heaping tsp ground ginger
1 heaping tsp ground cinnamon
pinch of salt
1/4 cup unsulfured molasses
1 large egg
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed

Royal Icing -
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp meringue powder
2 tbsp milk

Directions:

Make the gingerbread cookie dough. To a small bowl, gather up the dry ingredients, mix and set aside. To another small bowl, mix together the egg and molasses, then set that off to the side. To the main mixing bowl, add in the butter and brown sugar. Mix until combined. Add in the molasses egg mixture and mix until well combined. Dump in half of the dry ingredients, mix until mostly combined, then add in the remaining dry ingredients, scrapping the bowl as needed. Once the dough has been fully mixed, wrap it up in plastic wrap and place it in the fridge to chill while you make the cupcakes.

Make the cupcakes. To a small bowl, gather up the dry ingredients, mix and set that off to the side. To another small bowl, add in the buttermilk and molasses, mix until well combined then set it off to the side. To a main mixing bowl, add in the butter and dark brown sugar. Mix until combined. Add in the eggs and mix. Add in the vanilla extract and mix until combined. Next, add in half of the dry ingredients. Mix. Add in all of the wet ingredients. Mix. Add in the remaining dry ingredients. Mixing until combined, scraping the bowl as needed.
Using a standard size cupcake pan lined with cupcakes liners, fill each liner 3/4 of the way full. Into a preheated oven at 350 for 15 - 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs. Let cool completely before adding on any frosting.

Finish up the cookies. Grab a sheet of parchment paper, using half of the cookie dough, roll out the dough to about a 1/4 of an inch thick. Being sure to lightly dust your rolling pin so the dough doesn't stick to the rolling pin. Using a small pie cutter in the shape of a gingerbread man, cut out at least 12 men for each cupcake. Slide them onto a cookie sheet and bake for 8 - 10 minutes at 350 degrees. I took mine out right at 8 minutes.
To make the icing, place all of the ingredients in a small bowl and mix until smooth. Transfer to a piping bag, snip off the tip and, to a completely cooled cookie, add on 2 - 3 buttons. Let the icing set before placing your gingerbread cookies on top of the frosting.

Make the cream cheese frosting. To a large mixing bowl, add in the butter and cream cheese. Mix until fully combined. Add in the vanilla extract, cinnamon and the powered sugar in gradually. Mix until nice and smooth. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a B6 piping tip.

Assemble the cupcake! Grab a cupcake and pipe on the frosting. Add a gingerbread man on top. Enjoy!
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