Pepperoni Pizza Cupcakes

By kmad

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk (optional: additional 2 tbsp milk)
• 1 cup mini pepperonis
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• Additional 1 cup of mozzarella cheese and 1 cup of mini pepperonis for topping

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 12 cupcake pan with liners, note you can just grease the pan if you don't want to use liners.

2. Mix 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Add in vegetable oil, egg and 1/3 cup milk into flour mixture and stir until batter is smooth. It will be sticky. (Add in another 2 tsbp milk if desired.) Fold/stir in cheese and pepperoni. Fill muffin cups about 2/3 full.

3. Bake for about 18 minutes until muffins turn out golden and knife inserted comes out clean. Right before eating, top muffins with more cheese and about five slices of mini pepperoni and bake for 4-5 minutes at 350F until cheese is melted. Serve immediately.