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Most kids loved peanut butter and jelly but for me, I like peanut butter and honey. I’m sure it has something to do with my incurable sweet tooth, but there is something really delicious about the nutty and the gooey sweet that goes so well together.

cupcake ingredients:

2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 eggs
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla

frosting ingredients:
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup peanut butter
pinch of salt
3 TB heavy cream

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Prep a cupcake pan with liners.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs and the sugars. Add in the honey, milk, oil and vanilla. Carefully add in the flour mixture.

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Pour the batter into the prepped cups, about 3/4 full. Bake for 15-17 mins. Let cool on a wire rack.

To make the frosting, in the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the honey, butter and peanut butter. Add in a pinch of salt, and add the milk just until you get the right consistency. You might not use all of it, or you might need more. Pump your mixer up to high to get the frosting nice and fluffy.

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