I love cupcakes... but who doesn't love cupcakes! In my world mini cupcakes are the way to go. I can eat one, or maybe two and not feel like I have fallen on track. The holidays are a great time to whip up some gingerbread cupcakes, however I can eat gingerbread recipes all year long. These little gems of a cupcake have a secret ingredient that make them stick out from the rest...Want to know what it is? Crushed up ginger snap cookies... um hello my new favorite cupcake. 🙂
Mini gingerbread cupcakes
2sp/1pp each
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup crushed ginger snap cookies
- 1 egg
- ½ cup almond milk at room temperature
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups white flour
- 1 t baking powder
- ½ t baking soda
- 1 t cinnamon
- ½ t ginger
- ½ t all spice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Using a electric mixer beat together applesauce, sugar and crushed cookies.
- Add egg, milk, molasses and vanilla and continue beating for 2 minutes.
- In separate bowl mix dry ingredients together then add to wet. Mix well..
- Fill a paper lined mini muffin tin ¾ way full, I find it best to give the paper cups a little spray to prevent cupcakes from sticking. Bake for approx. 15-17 minutes.
- Yields 36 mini cupcakes. Top with some Betty crocker vanilla icing. 1 cupcake is 2 smart points or 1 points plus , not incl icing, add another point for icing
- Nutritional info per cupcake.. Calories 43...Fat 0.4g...Sat fat 0.1g...Carbs 9.2g... Fiber 0.7g...Sugars 3.9g..Protein 0.8g
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Elaine
What did you use for the little gingerbread men?
Drizzle
They are just little sprinkles from my local bulk food store 🙂
Aubra
I'm on the hunt for a points-friendly gingerbread cookie recipe ... I don't suppose this one would work, right? Have you tried adjusting it to make cookies?
Drizzle
Hi there, I just made some that I will be adding to the blog this weekend, they are a large soft textured gingerbread and everyone in my house loved them! Hopefully be up on the blog by Sunday