Spiced Maple Mustard Ginger Cupcakes Recipes

SPICED MAPLE & MUSTARD GINGER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Instructions
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line pan with cupcake liners.
• In a small bowl, whisk together Dijon mustard, buttermilk, and baking soda and set aside.
• Using an electric mixer fit with a paddle attachment, beat together the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, and molasses on high until fluffy.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, sift or vigorously whisk the flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt to thoroughly combine. Set aside.
• When butter mixture is well blended, add the eggs one at a time, until incorporated.
• Fold the chopped dried fig into the butter and egg mixture. Alternate adding the mustard-buttermilk mixture and the flour mixture until everything is combined. Avoid over-mixing.
• Divide batter evenly among the prepared cupcake tins (about 1/4 cup per cupcake). Bake in the center of the middle rack of the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each comes out with moist crumbs attached, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, and then remove from pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
• While cooling, make the frosting. In the bowl of the mixer fitted with the paddle, beat cream cheese, butter, maple syrup, fig jam, and dry mustard powder until soft and fluffy. Carefully incorporate powdered sugar in 3 additions, beating until combined. Adjust consistency with more syrup or sugar, if necessary. Set aside for assembly.
• Prepare garnish by heating butter, maple syrup, and dry mustard powder in a small sauce pan until bubbling. Drop in the fresh figs, stirring gently with a rubber spatula until figs are thoroughly coated and cooked for 1 minute. Lift figs out of syrup mixture and cool on a wire rack or parchment paper.
• To assemble, spread the buttercream evenly over tops of the cupcakes. Place the cupcakes in the refrigerator and chill until ready to serve. Prior to serving, decorate with the maple butter basted figs, cookies, and/or toasted yellow mustard seed "sprinkles." Serve and enjoy!

GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in water and molasses. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, nutmeg and allspice; add to the creamed mixture. Beat on low speed until combined. Beat on medium for 2 minutes., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese, brown sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in maple syrup and vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Store in the refrigerator.

SPICED MAPLE MUSTARD

Steps:

• Place allspice on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Gather corners of cloth to enclose seasonings; tie securely with string. In a small bowl, mix 3/4 cup water, vinegar and maple syrup until blended; set aside. In a small saucepan, mix flour, cornstarch, mustard, turmeric, salt and remaining water until smooth. Gradually whisk in vinegar mixture. Add spice bag. Simmer over medium heat until thickened, 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally., Discard spice bag. Transfer to a covered container; cool slightly. Refrigerate until cold. Store in refrigerator for up to 1 month.

MUSTARD-MAPLE GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a roasting pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
• Rinse ham under cool running water. Pat dry and wrap with parchment paper-lined aluminum foil; place in prepared roasting pan. Transfer to oven for 4 1/2 hours.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat vinegar over medium-high heat until reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 6 minutes. Add maple syrup, mustard, jam, and salt; season with pepper. Cook, whisking, until well combined, about 2 minutes. Set glaze aside.
• Remove ham from oven and uncover. When cool enough to handle, cut off rind using a sharp knife. Slice off most of the fat, leaving a 1/4-inch-thick layer. Score fat on top of ham in a pattern of 1- to 2-inch diamonds.
• Brush ham evenly with one-third of the glaze and return to oven. After 20 minutes, brush ham again with half the remaining glaze. Cook for 15 minutes and brush with remaining glaze. Continue baking ham until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of ham reaches 145 to 150 degrees, about 15 minutes more.
• Transfer to a cutting board. Let ham cool 30 minutes before carving.