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Recipies and Ingredients for Healthier Baking and Desserts

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Some of my favorite recipes for healthier desserts and baked goods that use more fiber and protein and less sugar. And some of the ingredients I use to make them. Note that this post contains affiliate links, which are marked with “#AD.” If you purch...
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Healthier Cookie recipes

Some of my favorite recipes for healthier cookies.

 
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Tasty cookies with chocolate, avocado, and peanut butter. I made mine half the size.
Chocolate Avocado Cookies
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These cookies are tasty!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies - Our Favorite!
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A tasty cross between a brownie and a cookie. This recipe doesn't use eggs.
Brookies
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Healthier Bar and Brownie Reciepes

 
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Fudgy black bean brownies with peanut butter swirls.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies - Chocolate Covered Katie
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These blondies are just delicious! You'd never guess they're made from chickpeas or white beans.
Chickpea Blondies - The Original Famous Recipe!
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These delicious blondies are easy and quick to make. I sometimes use a combination of chocolate and butterscotch chips.
Chocolate Chip Blondies
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These brownies are nice and fugdy. And they have no flour.
Black Bean Brownies - (No Flour Required!)
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Other Healthier Dessert and Baking Recipies

Tasty recipes that aren't cookies or brownies

 
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These whole wheat muffings are amazingly light and fluffy. The secret is soaking the flour in buttermilk overnight before baking. I added walnuts and maple flavoring.
Whole-Wheat Muffin Recipe - Zestful Kitchen | Everyday Gourmet Cooking
 
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These brownie bites are quick and easy to make. Peanut butter gives them protein, and you can also make them sugar-free
No Bake Brownie Bites - 3 Ingredient, Easy Recipe!
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I love the way this fudge melts in the mouth. Note that it is high in fat.
Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe (Vegan + Low Carb + Keto)
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Healthy Dessert and Baking Ingredients

Ingredients I often find useful for healthy desserts and baking

 
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#AD Whole wheat flour makes baked goods so much healthier! I've grown to like the flavor, too.
Bob's Red Mill Whole Wheat Stone Ground Flour - 5 Lb
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#AD White whole wheat flour is made from white wheat. It provides the benefits of whole wheat flour with a lighter color and flavor. I love the nutty flavor it gives to chocolate chip cookies!
King Arthur Baking Company Stone Ground White Whole Wheat Flour - 5 Lb (Pack of 8)
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#AD Stevia is a plant-based sugar substitute you can use to reduce the sugar in your desserts. For baked goods, replacing half the sugar with stevia reduces sugar while preserving browning and texture.
Stevia In The Raw Sweetener Zero Calorie - 9.7 Oz
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#AD Greek yogurt often works as a substitute for sour cream in recipes.
FAGE Total 5% Milkfat Plain Greek Yogurt - 32 Oz
 
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#AD Chickpeas, also called garbanzo beans, are essential for chickpea blondies.
S&W Beans Garbanzo - 15.5 Oz
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#AD Black beans for black bean brownies.
S&W Beans Black - 15 Oz