Turkey Cupcakes

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I used Betty Crocker's Turkey Cupcake design to make these. However, I didn't use her recipe and made my chocolate cupcakes from scratch. They were so much fun to make! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

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Recipe:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoons baking soda
• 10 ounces white chocolate chips
• 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped into chunks

1. Heat oven to 375 F.
2. In large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and salt with electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, beat well.
   
3. Stir together flour, and the baking soda; gradually add to butter mixture ,beating until well blended.
   
4. Stir in white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts.
   
5. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set.

Peppermint Pattie Brownies

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Recipe:

• 24 small Peppermint Patties
• 1-1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, melted
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cocoa (I used this)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

1. Heat oven to 350°F.(325°F. for glass baking dish). Remove wrappers from peppermint patties. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
2. Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl. Add eggs; beat until well blended. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; blend well. Reserve 2 cups batter. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan. Arrange peppermint patties about 1/2 inch apart in single layer over batter. Spread reserved 2 cups batter over patties.
   
3. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into squares. Makes about 36 brownies.

Election Cupcakes

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Recipe:

• Same as vanilla cupcakes
  

Sugar Donut Muffins

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Recipe:

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking power
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tbsp butter, melted
• 1/3 cup sugar, for rolling

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and egg until light in color.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
   
4. Pour into egg mixture and stir to combine.
   
5. Pour in vegetable oil, milk and vanilla extract.
6. Divide batter evenly into 12 muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full.
7. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
8. While muffins are baking, melt butter and pour remaining sugar into a small bowl.
9. When muffins are done, lightly brush the top of each with some melted butter, remove from the pan and roll in sugar.
10. Cool on a wire rack.