Toasted Buttered Pecan Cupcakes

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Toasted Buttered Pecan Cupcakes
3/4 cups + 2 Tablespoons butter                     2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans                            1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups sugar                                            1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs                                                           3/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla

Melt 2 T. butter in skillet.  Add pecans and toast 4-5 minutes.

Cream together 3/4 cup butter and sugar until light and creamy.

Beat in eggs, one at a time.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt.  Add to batter, alternating with milk.

Stir in pecans.

Scoop batter into paper lined jumbo cupcake pans. (My batter made exactly 12 jumbo cupcakes.)

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Cool cupcakes on wire rack.

Frost cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and garnish with chopped pecans.

Toasted buttered pecan cupcakes - this one is going to cost me extra sit ups but it's soooo worth it. 

Ciao!

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