It’s been almost a month since Vero’s Kitchen has produced a goody report! Most of the holiday recipes are so ho-hum and have been posted over and over. Time to come up with something new and original!

My Pumpkin Snickerdoodle recipe is frazzled around the edges from being tossed around so much!

I decided it needed a little update boost and came up with the idea of…..Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cupcakes!!

Basically, this just calls for a standard vanilla cake mix and it’s suggested ingredients for making a standard vanilla cake, with the addition of the pumpkin and spices used in the Pumpkin Snickerdoodle recipe.

I reduced the number of eggs to two, and added a cup of pumpkin puree, and a dash of nutmeg to the batter.

After filling the muffin tins, (using cupcake liners in case they decided to stick) I topped each cupcake with a spoonful of the sugar/spice mixture.

Baked at 350* for 20 minutes, they came out perfect!

Put in the words of my little grandson, Zeke, “These sure are good cupcakes, Grandma!”

No sweeter praise! ♥