Halfway Healthy Hanukkah Cupcakes Recipe

Directions

Ingredients :

½ cup butter, softened

½ cup white sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

¾ cup whole wheat flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

⅓ cup almond milk

¾ cup vanilla frosting, divided

4 drops blue food coloring, or as needed

Methods :

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.