Just 4 Cupcakes...

A friend of mine posted a link on Facebook for a "Just 2 Chocolate Cupcake" recipe the other day.  


I made them.  


They were divine.  


The recipe did, in fact, make just TWO cupcakes, EXACTLY.  


Now I could curb my indulgence of eating an entire pan by myself...:)


Since it was late (about 10p), Aurora was already asleep, so I only had to share with J.  I think he enjoyed the cupcake too!  


That created a dilema for me.  What would we give Aurora whenever we made these next?  Also, I am not a big fan of giving kids sweets, chocolate, things that don't really benefit them in the nutritional sense.  I decided to create a 4 cupcake recipe, based on the 2 cupcake recipe, and make it something SHE would like, in the flavour department. 


Also, I don't really like cleaning up a million different cups and spoons and bowls.  So I wanted something that would use just measuring spoons, a spoon and a small bowl, basically.


Here is the outcome of my inspiration!  


Enjoy!


Four Strawberry-Apple Cupcakes


Ingredients
6 Tbs Flour
4 Tbs Sugar
3 Tbs Rolled Oats (whatever kind you have on hand)
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/8 tsp Baking Soda
1/8 tsp Salt
4 Tbs Cold Water
2 Tbs Oil
1 Tbs Strawberry Jam (Got Home-made? Even Better!) or Any Flavour Jam 
1 Tbs Unsweetened Apple Sauce (Use my home-made Apple-Pear sauce recipe, Divine!!)
1/4 tsp Vanilla


Equipment Needed
Small mixing bowl
Measuring spoons
Spoon (teaspoon, not a measuring teaspoon)
Small rubber spatula
Muffin Tin
Cupcake liners

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. In a Small mixing bowl, combine ALL dry ingredients (Flour, Sugar, Oats, B.Powder & Soda, Salt).  Stir the dry ingredients until mixed together.  
3. Add ALL wet ingredients to dry ingredients bowl, using a small teaspoon, stir until all dry ingredients are well moistened.  
4. Line a muffin tin with 4 cupcake cups.  Spoon 3 heaping teaspoon fulls into each cup.  Take a rubber spatula and evenly distribute the remaining 4ish teaspoons.
5. Place the cupcakes in the oven and set your timer for 18-22 minutes.  You know they are done when you can put a knife or toothpick in the center and it comes out clean, if it doesn't, pop them in for another 1-2 minutes and check again. :)
6. Serve warm with butter or frosting or just eat them plain! :)