Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Cookie Dough

• 2 cups flour
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• mini chocolate chips (as many as you would like)
• cups sprinkles (as many as you would like)

Cupcakes

• 2 eggs and 1 egg white
• 1 cup milk
• 2 ¼ teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 ¾ cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ sticks butter
• ½ cup sprinkles

Directions:

Cookie Dough

1. In an electric mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy
2. Add vanilla, flour, and salt and mix until combined
3. Stir in mini chocolate chips and sprinkles
4. Make 30 cookie dough balls (about 1 inch in diameter) and freeze for at least 3 hours.  Make the rest of the cookie dough into balls as well, but set this batch aside.

Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350º.  Line cupcake pan with tins.
2. In a medium bowl combine eggs, egg white, and vanilla.
3. In an electric mixer bowl with paddle attachment, combine dry ingredients
4. Add butter and milk.  Mix on a low speed until just combined, then increase to medium speed and mix for 2 minutes.
5. Add egg white mixture and mead on medium speed until just combined.
6. Stir in sprinkles
7. Scoop batter into cupcake liners
8. Place a frozen ball of cookie dough in the center of each cupcake and press down so balls are deeply in batter.
9. Bake for 20 minutes (until a wooden toothpick comes out clean)
10. Allow to cool and then decorate!  Ice cupcakes and add non-frozen cookie dough balls on top of each cupcake.