Caitlyn Elf<\/a><\/p>\nThe cooler mornings we’ve had lately serve as a nice reminder that autumn is just around the corner. While we often associate the season with back to school, it also marks a significant change in our eating. Suddenly peaches, strawberries, and plums are out, and pears, apples, and yams are in! With that in mind, I set out to make a lighter version of these Sweet-Potato Pecan Cupcakes for all to enjoy just in time for the season!<\/p>\n
sweet-potato-pecan-cupcakes-462×242.jpg<\/span> , make the below substitutions and you’ll have a mouthful of autumn flavors in no time!<\/p>\n\n- 2 cups sugar<\/em> — I substituted this with 1 cup of turbinado sugar + 2\/3 cup agave for a more natural sweetness<\/li>\n
- 1 cup butter, softened<\/em> — To cut down on fat, I used 1\/2 cup vegan butter + 1\/4 cup of plain yogurt<\/li>\n
- 4 large eggs<\/em> — To lower the cholesterol, I cut the amount of eggs in half, using only 2, and substituted 1\/3 cup liquid egg whites for the rest<\/li>\n
- One 16-oz. can mashed sweet potatoes<\/em> — I used one large, fresh sweet potato here that I mashed myself<\/li>\n
- 3 cups all-purpose flour<\/em> — I split this, using 1.5 cups whole-wheat white flour and 1.5 cups all-purpose<\/li>\n
- Cream Cheese Frosting<\/em> — To lighten this recipe further I used low-fat whipped topping; however, low-fat cream cheese would also be a good option!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Caitlyn Elf The cooler mornings we’ve had lately serve as a nice reminder that autumn is just around the corner. While we often associate the season with back to school, it also marks a significant change in our eating. Suddenly peaches, strawberries, and plums are out, and pears, apples, and yams are in! With […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}