Halfway Healthy Hanukkah Cupcakes Recipes

HALFWAY HEALTHY HANUKKAH CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 6 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy; beat in egg and vanilla extract. Stir flour and baking powder into creamed butter mixture until combined; stir and almond milk until batter is smooth. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes are lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool cupcakes completely, about 30 minutes.
• Mix 1/2 cup frosting and food coloring together in a bowl until color is even. Spoon the remaining 1/4 cup frosting into a small plastic bag and cut a small hole in the bottom corner.
• Frost the cooled cupcakes with blue frosting and then draw a star on top using the white frosting piping bag.

MOIST HEALTHY CUPCAKES (PERFECT FOR CUPCAKE MENORAH)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° F (180° C). Line 10 muffin cups with foil or paper liners.
• In a bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat together the sugar, butter and vanilla on high speed for about 2 minutes, or until well mixed. Add the egg whites, one at a time, beating for about a minute after each one. Now add the flour mixture alternately with the yogurt, in about 3 portions each, beating after each addition just until combined, and scraping down the sides to make sure everything is well mixed.
• Pour batter into the prepared cupcake pan and place in the oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned on top and a toothpick poked into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. Let cool completely on a rack.
• To assemble the Cupcake menorah, frost all the cupcakes with your choice of icing and decorate in any way your heart desires. Place 9 cupcakes in a row on a platter or foil-covered cardboard base. Raise the middle cupcake up higher than the others - the "shamash" or leader. Stick candles into each of the 9 positions. When it's time to light the candles - enjoy the flickering flames while you eat dinner, then eat the menorah for dessert!