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Gingerbread Cupcakes

6
Points® value
Total Time
1 hr
Prep
20 min
Cook
40 min
Serves
24
Difficulty
Easy
These festive cupcakes are the perfect change of pace from regular gingerbread or gingerbread men cookies.

Ingredients

Cooking spray

1 spray(s)

All-purpose flour

1½ cup(s)

Whole-grain wheat flour

1 cup(s)

Sugar

cup(s)

Baking soda

2½ tsp(s)

Ground ginger

1 tsp(s)

Ground cinnamon

1 tsp(s)

Ground allspice

1 tsp(s)

Unsweetened applesauce

1½ cup(s)

Lite whipped topping

3 cup(s)

Molasses

1 cup(s)

Egg whites

3 serving(s), large

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat two 12-cup muffin tins with cooking spray.
  2. Combine flours, sugar, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and allspice in a large bowl; mix well. Add applesauce, molasses and egg whites; stir until mixture is moist and well combined. Fill each muffin tin 3/4 full with batter.
  3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cupcakes to room temperature and serve each topped with 2 tablespoons of whipped topping.