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Mummy Wrap Cupcakes
Courtesy of "Zombirella"

Description:
It is time to plan a funny monster movie night with your friends! We all enjoy the lighter side of horror and the old horror flicks are certainly more on the sweet side. Invite your victims..errr... guests over for a monster movie night to share in mummy wrap cupcakes and giggles. They will be all wrapped up in the sweet little mummy cakes!

Cupcake Ingredients:

1/2 cup almond butter
1 cup honey
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
4 egg yolks
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

Cupcake Baking Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF
2. Mix together almond butter, honey, vanilla, sugar, buttermilk and egg yolks. Mix well.
3. Sift in flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix until smooth and there are no more pockets of dry flour.
4. Bake for 20 minutes, and remove from oven… but don’t turn it off yet.
5. Drizzle a little honey over the top of each and let soak in.

Decoration Ingredients:
Half a roll of filo dough, cut or torn into 1 inch strips
1/4 cup of butter, melted with some brown sugar

Decorating Directions:
1. Paint, or even dip, the filo strips with the butter mixture.
2. Wrap the strips around the top of the cupcakes, starting from the center and moving out to the sides.
3. Put back into the oven for 5 to 10 minutes, until the filo strips are crisp and golden.

Suggested Movie Accompaniment:
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)