Don't these look like yummy cupcakes? Would you really guess that they are meatloaf with mashed potatoes on top???
The first surprise here: there's not a grain of sugar in these cupcakes. The second surprise: your kids will love them anyway.
- Ingredients
- MEAT LOAF
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- POTATO FROSTING
- 3 cups mashed potatoes
- Food coloring
- Instructions
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 muffin tin cups with foil bake cups.
- In a large bowl, mix together all of the meat loaf ingredients until well combined. Divide the mixture evenly among the lined cups (the liners should be about three quarters full).
- Place the filled muffin tins on cookie sheets and bake the cupcakes for about 15 minutes or until cooked through.
- Divide the mashed potatoes among three small bowls and stir a few drops of food coloring into each batch to create blue, yellow, and pink pastel frostings. Spread a generous dollop on each cupcake. Makes 12 cupcakes.
Isn't that great? I think that instead of using food coloring I am going to add a bit of beet juice to the potatoes to act as the dye. Ohhh.... I can't wait for April Fool's day!
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