Refried Beans and Crumb Cupcakes

Refried Black Bean or Pinto beans

Makes about 4 or 5 Burritos

Oil- optional
Water, veg broth, or the liquid from your beans
1/2 Red onion
1 green pepper
1 can of beans ( I used black beans, I like pintos better though)
1 or 2 cloves garlic
salt

Dice the onions. Put about a little oil or water into you pot. Cook onions till translucent or carmalized. Depending if you want the sweet carmalized taste or not. Dice the green pepper. Add peppers & garlic to onions when you have cooked onions to about half there desired doneness ( do not burn the garlic it will be bitter). Drain and wash beans. Once the onions and peppers and soft add the beans and warm. If you would like some smokiness or tang add a little chipolta pepper sauce or the peppers themselves. Put all of pot contents into a blender or food processor. Processor till your like the consistency. Then add salt to taste.

Next, Today I was having sugar cravings so I decided to make apple crumb cupcakes/ muffins. They turned out really tasty but I little off looking. I didn't know that they would expand so much either so I put them in a small cupcake sized bunt pan. OOPs. So now I have to eat the out of my bunt pan with a plastic spoon.. But thats ok they are still super yummy! So make sure you don't bake them in a bunt pan!!! :)

Cake Batter: makes 12 cupcakes or 1 small cake
3/4 cup apple juice
1/2 cup soy milk
1 tsp vinegar
3 Tbsp apple sauce, unsweetened if you have it (I used Raspberry apple & Strawberry apple sauces)
1/3 cup canola oil
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Topping:
3 to 3 1/2 Tbsp Smart balance light of other vegan margerine
1/3 Cup flour
1/3 cup Sugar (Brown sugar would by a yummy alternative!)

Preheat over to 375F
Place milk and vinegar in a bowl and beat. Place oil, apple sauce, and apple juice in the same bowl and mix till well combined. Add sugar and mix again. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Pour the flour mixture into your liquid mixture and combine. pour into pans. Mix topping ingredients with fork then sprinkle a good amount on each cup cake. Bake for about 15- 18 minutes.

These are yummy warm or cold. To add texture cut up an apple into small pieces and sprinkle into cake batter. Or cut apple into rings and place one on top then place the crumb topping over the apple! Or cut into slices and fan across the top of the cup cake. Play with the apple and make you cupcakes gorgeous. This cupcake was not baked with the bunt pan. And you can actually see the crumb topping alot better!