APPLE PIE CUPCAKES

By peridot728

Apple Pie Cupcakes are one of the most delicious, EASY recipes on The Cookie Rookie. Apple Pie filling is stuffed into a pre-made cinnamon roll base to create the ultimate EASY Caramel Apple Cupcakes. This Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie Cupcakes Recipe has been a winner at our house, especially for Summer and Fall!

Ingredients

• AUTHOR: BECKY HARDIN
• 2-1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
• 1-1/2 cup store bought apple pie filling
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts optional
• 1/4 cup cinnamon baking chips or butterscotch chips
• 1 can 12.4 oz Pillsbury refrigerated cinnamon rolls
• icing from the cinnamon rolls package optional
• whipped cream optional
• caramel-flavored syrup optional

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400F. lightly spray muffin or cupcake tin.

Mix together butter, flour, brown sugar, walnuts, and baking chips. set aside

Take out 1-1/2 cups of apples from the filling container (i don't like a ton of the apple sauce that comes in the store bought filling containers...so i separated the apples as much as i could.) chop into small pieces, set aside.

Take each cinnamon roll and flatten into a thin disc. place each in a muffin cup. press them down firmly into each muffin/cupcake cup and try to bring them up the sides as much as possible. (see pic above).
Place a spoonful of apple filling into each cup
Top each with the brown sugar/walnut mixture
Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the cinnamon rolls are fully cooked.
Take out of the oven and allow to cool slightly before taking out of muffin/cupcake tin.
Drizzle each with the icing and top with whipped cream and caramel (optional).