St. Patrick's Day Green Cupcakes

By Jackie618

Everything is green on St. Patrick's Day- even the desserts! St. Patrick's Day Green Cupcakes are the cutest treat for the holiday!

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup powdered buttermilk , or nonfat dried milk
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 4 cups baby spinach

Details

Adapted from alittlenosh.net

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Puree the applesauce and spinach in a blender. You may need to add the spinach in batches. Using a hand mixer, blend the spinach mixture and vanilla into the flour mixture for 2 minutes. Divide evenly into 18 cupcake liners (in a cupcake pan, of course).

Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool completely. Recipe recommends topping with buttercream icing.