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Applesauce Cupcakes with Browned Butter Frosting

Butter frosting provides a delicious addition to these flavorful applesauce cupcakes - a wonderful dessert to treat your guests.

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The Quick Take:

  • Calories 190
  • Fat 4 1/2g
  • Saturated Fat 1 1/2g
  • Sodium 140mg
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NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
Calories
190
(
Calories from Fat
40),
% Daily Value
Total Fat
4 1/2g
4 1/2%
(Saturated Fat
1 1/2g,
1 1/2%
Trans Fat
1/2g
1/2%
),
Cholesterol
5mg
5%;
Sodium
140mg
140%;
Total Carbohydrate
35g
35%
(Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
  Sugars
24g
24%
),
Protein
2g
2%
;
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%;
Vitamin C
0%;
Calcium
0%;
Iron
4%;
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total Time 1 hr 50 min
  • Servings 24

Ingredients

Cupcakes

1
cup granulated sugar
1 1/2
cups unsweetened applesauce
1/3
cup margarine, softened
1/2
cup fat-free egg product
2 1/2
cups all-purpose flour
1
teaspoon ground cinnamon
1
teaspoon baking powder
1/2
teaspoon baking soda
1/2
teaspoon salt
1/4
teaspoon ground nutmeg

Frosting

1/4
cup butter (do not use margarine)
3
cups powdered sugar
2
teaspoons vanilla
3
to 4 tablespoons skim milk

Directions

  • 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups; spray cups with cooking spray.
  • 2 In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, applesauce, margarine and egg product with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed, scraping bowl occasionally (mixture will look curdled). On low speed, beat in flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg just until well blended, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
  • 3 Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from muffin cups. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • 4 In 3-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly and watching closely, until butter just begins to turn golden (butter will get foamy and bubble.) Remove from heat. Cool 15 minutes.
  • 5 With electric mixer on low speed, beat in powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk until frosting is smooth and desired spreading consistency, adding 1 or 2 more teaspoons milk, if necessary. Spread frosting on cooled cupcakes (if frosting begins to harden, stir in an additional teaspoon milk).

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Posted 8/14/2012 4:21:24 PM REPORT ABUSE EBA_Staff said:
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We apologize for the incorrect nutrition information in this recipe – thank you for calling it to our attention. The cupcakes are in fact 210 calories a piece, not 50.
Posted 7/13/2012 9:52:10 PM REPORT ABUSE hjc2012 said:
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Ok, I'll admit that these cupcakes are rather tasty. But omg. I'm extremely disappointed in the misleading information in the recipe regarding calories. Where the heck did 50 calories come from?!?!?! The cupcake alone - WITHOUT frosting - is 120 calories. I should have checked the calories before I started, but I thought that _maybe_ because it made 24 that they really were lower calorie. Totally blew my calorie deficit today just because of this recipe.
Posted 7/13/2012 3:01:04 PM REPORT ABUSE mrsg918 said:
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What a deceptive recipe! I did the nutritional value on sparkpeople.com and included the icing recipe and it came out to 209 calories per cupcake!
here's the REAL breakdown
24 Servings


Amount Per Serving

Calories 209.1

Total Fat 6.9 g

Saturated Fat 4.1 g

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4 g

Monounsaturated Fat 2.0 g

Cholesterol 32.7 mg

Sodium 103.8 mg

Potassium 39.3 mg

Total Carbohydrate 35.3 g

Dietary Fiber 0.6 g

Sugars 24.8 g

Protein 2.1 g

Besides in what world is "butter, WHITE flour, WHITE sugar, Powdered sugar" a list of ingredients for a healthy recipe? Just because it has applesauce does not make it healthy. I agree with the earlier post, SHame on the author for misleading people this way. Hopefully the ingredients will raise enough eyebrows that they'll realize this is just your standard cupcake recipe with some applesauce added in. I'm sure they're delicious, but healthy, no way
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We calculated the nutrition of this recipe at the time it was created on 09/05/2012. NOTE: We do not include optional ingredients in our calculations.

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