 friends welcome back to my channel and welcome if you are new here you are in store for the third video in my holiday baking series this time we did all things eggnog we made eggnog frosted cupcakes that are WW friendly and wait until you see the smart points they are so low for a frosted cupcake so if you want to see the third episode in my holiday baking series for 2019 just stay tuned for this edition of holiday baking we are going to be making egg nog cupcakes and these are going to be frosted so I cannot wait what a great thing to take to holiday parties or get-togethers and no one will ever know that they are WW friendly so let me show you what is in our eggnog cupcakes first you're going to need some Pillsbury sugar-free yellow cake mix if you do not have this in your area you can make your own cake mix using flour and things just make sure you recalculate the points also for the eggnog portion I'm going to be using the Trader Joe's almond nog you can also use light eggnog whatever you want to use just make sure again that you just recalculate the points if necessary this particular nog is two smart points for half of a cup so if your nog is a little bit different you'll just want to re-put that into the recipe builder unsweetened applesauce powdered sugar alternative I'm going to be using this so nourished I purchased this on Amazon and it will be linked in my Amazon store below light butter eggs vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste whatever you have on hand nutmeg of course some fun Christmas cupcake liners rum extract sugar-free vanilla pudding and then you'll also need one quarter cup of water so let's get started on our eggnog cupcakes so let's start putting together our cupcakes so in my bowl here I have my box of sugar-free yellow cake mix to that we are going to add one package of the sugar-free vanilla pudding we're also going to add one cup of the eggnog four eggs I went ahead and just crack them in a separate bowl just to make sure there's no shells I'm notorious for that and then we're also going to add one quarter cup of water one third cup of unsweetened applesauce this takes the place of the oil in the recipe I'm also going to go ahead and add in some nutmeg go ahead and add it to your liking it the recipe calls for one teaspoon of nutmeg and then lastly I'm going to add in some vanilla bean paste and it's one teaspoon of vanilla bean extract or in my case vanilla bean paste and then we're going to get this mixed together with our hand mixer so our batter is mixed it smells so good with that nutmeg so I went ahead and grabbed out some liners for my cupcakes I'm just going to go ahead and put liners in 12 we're going to start with 12 cupcakes and see how much batter we have left over so let's get our liners in and then we'll start filling up our cupcakes whenever I use oil as a substitute in my recipe I do like to spray my cupcake liners and or pan with some non-stick cooking spray only because I find that the cupcakes stick a little bit when you're using applesauce in place of oil in your recipe so then we're going to go ahead and take our large scoop I bought these off of Amazon they are linked in my Amazon before or Amazon store and we're going to just put one scoop in each of our muffin tin so basically one level scoop should be perfect for each tin for the perfect size cupcake and then we'll be ready to put these in the oven at 325 until a toothpick comes out clean the first batch of our eggnog muffins or cupcakes are out of the oven look at how good these look you guys they are so soft and moist so I'm going to let them cool I have 16 cupcakes total which is exactly what I was hoping to get out of the recipe when the last batch comes out we'll let those cool and then let's put together the frosting all right so let's put together the glaze for our cupcakes so I have one cup of my powdered sugar alternative the recipe calls for two cups I think that's going to be way too much so I'm going to half it to one cup I have one quarter cup of melted light butter so this is the I can't believe it's not butter light and I did go ahead and let that cool just a bit I have one quarter cup of eggnog so we're going to mix that together just a little bit it should be a fairly thick glaze so that we can just kind of put it right on top of our cupcakes and then we're going to add one teaspoon of vanilla extract and we're also going to add quarter of a teaspoon of rum extract yum and then lastly we're just going to add a little bit of a nutmeg just to kind of spice it up we want about a half of a teaspoon give that a stir and you may need to add some additional powdered sugar if it's not thick enough which I may need to actually add a little bit more and then you just want a nice thick glaze to go over those cupcakes I just pulled the last of our cupcakes out of the oven so my glaze is ready I did end up having to add pretty close to the two cups of powdered sugar to make it the right consistency but we're just going to take it by the spoonful and we're just going to place it on top of each of our cupcakes and then I'm going to sprinkle just the tiniest bit of nutmeg over the top as well so it's fine if it kind of drips down but go ahead and add your glaze to each of your cupcakes and then I will add a little bit of nutmeg right on top and they are good to go so let's get these glaze and I'll be back to show you the completed cupcakes and give you the smart points so here are eggnog cupcakes they look so pretty and they taste amazing you get that big punch of eggnog from the glaze with the nutmeg it is seriously so good our cupcakes are very very low in points I actually ended up getting 17 cupcakes total so 16 cupcakes makes them only four smart points a piece and that includes the glaze on top so again a great thing to take to any holiday parties to help you stay on track you get a big frosted cupcake for only four smart points thank you for joining me in the third video in my holiday baking series for 2019 I hope you enjoyed this eggnog cupcake recipe great for only four smart points you can't beat it for a frosted cupcake I am planning on having one more video in my holiday baking series that will be up next Sunday so definitely don't miss out on that make sure you're subscribed and you've hit that little bell just so you're notified whenever I upload a new video that way you're not missing out on these special ones like the holiday baking series if you loved this video give it a thumbs up and of course comment down below let me know if you're gonna give this recipe a try the recipe is down in the description box below as well as all of my discount codes links to some of my favorite things and anything and everything I can save you some money on so thank you guys so much for watching merry merry Christmas from my family to yours and I'll see you in my next video