When I start baking cakes and cookies, you can always count on my kids lining up by the kitchen counter, waiting for the goodies to come out of the oven. Cute, but still, this worries me. I confess that I don’t want to deprive them from the joys of my baking skills but I am pretty much aware of the negative medical effects of eating too many sweets. I need to address this dilemma! The answer is baking with healthy substitutions. Check out these 5 baking healthy substitutions that we can replace some of our favorite sweet ingredients during baking, without sacrificing heavenly sweet goodness.

Healthy Swaps: 5 Good Reasons Why Not To Stop Loving The Joy Of Baking

Waving my thanks with my mixing whisk to Go Well Path for making this healthy infographic.

BAKING SWAP

5 Ingredient Swaps For Healthier Baking

1. Butter = one cup                            SWAP                          Avocado = one cup

Here’s the deal:

Avocados are creamy and fatty like butter, but they contain healthier fats than butter. Not to mention, the calories in avocado are significantly lower than those in butter: 1 cup of butter contains 1628 calories while the same amount of pureed avocado contains 368 calories.

2. Oil = one cup                            SWAP               Apple sauce = one cup

Here’s the deal:

By adding moisture to your mixture of ingredients, applesauce plays the same basic role as oil in most recipes. Plus it’s loaded with nutrients and adds natural sweetness to your baked goods.

3. Chocolate chips = one cup             SWAP             Cocoa Nibs = one cup

Here’s the deal:

Chocolate is chocolate, so you’re not losing anything with this swap. That is, except for additives and excess sugars that make their way into chocolate chips during processing.

4. White flour = one cup                  SWAP                  Wheat flour = 3/4 cup

Here’s the deal:

Whole wheat flour contains more fiber than white flour and is a great source of vitamins like folate and riboflavin, which promote a healthy nervous system and healthy energy production, respectively.

5. Sugar = one cup                        SWAP                        Honey = 3/4 cup

Here’s the deal:

One benefit of honey is that it is sweeter than sugar, so you won’t need to use quite as much in your recipes. Another is that it takes more effort to be broken down by your body, meaning that your body can end up canceling out more of honey’s calories while digesting it than it can sugar.

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To learn a thing or two that improves your health is something that must not be taken for granted. True, it is okay to give in to temptations every once in a while. But if you truly love yourself, then you must give it what it needs at all times (ideally). Don’t be a victim to your own food, instead, you own up and decide what is good for you. Baking with healthy substitutions are the best way to go to improve your health, and your family’s! 🙂

 

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Originally posted on June 10, 2016 @ 4:43 am

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