#17 Cristina from She Runs, She Eats
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It's time for A Kitchen Addiction Giveaway! Land O' Lakes was kind enough to send me a package full of goodies to use to promote their new All-Natural Farm Fresh Eggs and their Bite-Size Recipe Collection!
A little information about these new eggs:
- The hens' vegetarian diet consists primarily of whole ground corn and soybean meal, with no added hormones, antibiotics, animal fats or animal by-products.
- The eggs are gathered at the peak of the hens' egg-laying cycles, which can make the eggs more nutritious and delicious.
- These all-natural eggs are available in three varieties: added omega-3's, cage free, and organic!
- Plus, all of the packaging is bio-degradable. Good for you and good for the environment. :)
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- a mini frying pan
- a mini muffin tin
- a classic egg tray
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I decided to try out these eggs and my new mini-muffin tin on the Mini Cinnamon Cupcakes. Those of you who have been reading my blog for any length of time know that I love cinnamon and that I can't help but give recipes the healthiest makeover possible without compromising great flavor! :) So, that is what I have done with this recipe! I used half whole wheat pastry flour, half non-fat yogurt, and sugar substitute. You can check out the original recipe here. These cupcakes turned out great. They were moist, light, and loaded with nutmeg and cinnamon spices!
Bite-Size Cinnamon Cupcakes w/Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: 36 cupcakes
Ingredients
- For the Cupcakes
- 3/4 C whole wheat pastry flour
- 3/4 C all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2/3 C granulated sugar substitute
- 1/4 C butter, softened
- 1/4 C non-fat plain yogurt
- 2 Land O' Lakes All-Natural Farm Fresh Eggs
- 1/2 C non-fat milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- For the Frosting
- 1 C powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp butter, softened
- 4 oz. 1/3 fat neufchatel cheese
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2-3 tsp non-fat milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350. Place mini cupcake liners in mini muffin tin.
- Combine whole wheat pastry flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium-sized bowl. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add sugar substitute and butter. Beat until creamy. Add in the yogurt and eggs. Scrape sides of bowl and beat until well-mixed. Stir in milk and vanilla alternately with the flour mixture until just combined.
- Spoon cupcake batter into liners. Fill cups about 2/3 full. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until center is set. Cool for 10 minutes in pan and then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
- While cupcakes are cooling, prepare frosting. Combine powdered sugar, butter, neufchatel cheese, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat until smooth. Slowly add in the milk, a teaspoon at a time, to reach desired consistency.
- Lightly swirl frosting on cupcakes. Enjoy!
- Store leftover cupcakes in refrigerator.