Healthy Baking Ideas

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If you do bake it does not have to be at the expense of your health. Enjoy zero guilt snacks with these simple swaps and some creative hacks! Here are some healthy baking ideas that are good for both your taste buds and health.

Healthy Baking Ideas

Upgrade Your Base with Whole Grains

Whole grains Make The Difference: Substituting whole-grain for refined white flour can help boost the fiber and nutrients in your baked goods. Great replacements, whole wheat flour and oat flour or almond! This is how a buckwheat, oat or chickpea bunny love celebration flour works with your time. Mix it up and try different whole grain choices to see which ones you like best.

Use Sugar substitutions and sweeteners

Sugar does not always have to play the starring role in sweets. Look into natural sweeteners such 100% organic maple syrup, honey agave nectar and dates. These options will give you something sweet but some other nutrients as well. Sweetener - Since the sweetness levels differ between sugar alcohols and granulated sugarna you may have to alter this somewhat.

Add Vitamin Laden Ingredients

Give your baked items a healthy twist by sneaking in nutritious elements. Fruits and veggies, for example, are good sources of sweetness (in the case or fruits), taste and essential vitamins. Instead, add pureed ingredients like mashed bananas, applesauce, carrots and zucchinis to your regular recipes. In addition, these additions help to create a moist and tender crumb.

Below, youll find every healthy baking idea for all of your cravings

Healthy Muffins: Filled with good whole grains, fruits and nuts these muffins are a wonderful breakfast or snack idea. Blueberry banana, and apple cinnamon are great examples of different flavor combinations to try.

Oatmeal Cookies Oats make these chewy cookies hearty. Top with dry fruits, nuts and little cinnamon to get that extra flavor.

Desserts with Yogurt: Use plain Greek yogurt for rich, creamy cheesecakes or parfaits. Serve it alongside your favorite fruits, a drizzle of honey and maybe some granola on top for dessert.

Chia Seed Pudding- A creamy flavor taste pudding that is a healthier filling snack. They taste really good, and have a consistency just like tapioca pudding-only vastly more determined by the flavour of whatever plant-based milk you used to prepare them.

Make your own granola with a variety of oats, nuts and seeds -and just enough sweetness. This homemade granola will be a little healthier then the ones you can buy in stores.

Healthy Baking Tricks for better results

• Ease into changing favorite recipes by making small substitutions so the texture and taste of your original recipe remains similar.

• Play around with different ingredients/flavor combinations to find which you like best.

• Sweet Ripe Bananas for a Sweeter Baked Good

• Your ingredients are best measured accurately as well.

• Feel free to get a little wild and fun in the kitchen!

With these healthy baking ideas, you can learn to bake your favorite foods in a way that provides food for the soul without poisoning the body. Before you leave, remember little things often make the most difference. Get your apron on and assemble all the ingredients, now let's bake our way to health!

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