Halfway Healthy Hanukkah Cupcakes
Easy-to-make festive cupcakes for Hanukkah! Whole wheat flour and almond milk make them a little healthier than most.
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- Serves: 6 persons
Ingredients
- ½cup butter, softened
- ½cup white sugar
- 1egg
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾cup whole wheat flour
- ½teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓cup almond milk
- ¾cup vanilla frosting, divided
- 4drops blue food coloring, or as needed
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 6 muffin cups with paper liners.Step 2
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.Step 3
Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes are lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool cupcakes completely, about 30 minutes.Step 4
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.Step 5
Frost the cooled cupcakes with blue frosting and then draw a star on top using the white frosting piping bag.