Baking without butter..recipes?

Question

i want to bake something..without fat and sugar(i have splenda)..lol i dont know if thats really possible..but its just for me and it can be really basic...

no chocolate or nuts

Answer 1

here is an oatmeal raisin recipe that i use. it is really delicious:

http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=6474.0...

also just replace the butter in recipes with applesauce.

Answer 2

I always use applesauce instead of oil and it turns out perfectly!  If the recipe calls for 1/4 cup of oil, I use a heaping 1/4 cup of applesauce, or 1 cup oil - heaping 1 cup applesauce and so on.

Applesauce works better in muffins and cake rather than cookies though, cookies need the butter.

Here's my favorite Muffin Recipe (you could do this in a 9x9 pan for more of a 'cake')

1 1/2 cups flour - I use 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup oats

    1/2 cup sugar

    1 teaspoon salt

    2 teaspoons baking powder

    3/4 cup soy milk

    1/4 cup oil - I use applesauce

    1 cup frozen blueberries

I add cinnamon, like a lot

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400F.  Place baking cups in a muffin pan.

Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder together in a mixing bowl.  Add soy milk and oil. Mix.

Fold in blueberries.

Pour into baking cups (or greased muffin pan) and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Serves: makes about 8 muffins

Preparation time: 30 minutes.

Also, you can sub anything for the blueberries, like chocolate chips, banana, shredded carrot, zucchini, anything!  I make these all the time, my boyfriend eats four at a time.

Answer 3

Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

During the baking a cake layer forms on top and a rich chocolate sauce appears on bottom. Serve with vanilla ice cream or whip cream.

1 cup Bisquick or biscuit/pancake mix

1 cup sugar

3 tablspoons plus 1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup milk

1 tp vanilla

1 2/3 cup hot water

Powdered sugar (optional)

Mix bisquick, 1/2 cup sugar and 3 tbs cocoa in a greased 8 inch square baking dish. Stir in milk and vanilla until well blended. Sprinkle evenly with remaining 1/3 cup cocoa and 1/2 cup sugar. Pour on water. Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 40 minutes or until top is firm. Dust with powdered sugar. Serve at once in bowl with sauce spooned over cake. Make 6 servings.        

Homemade Chocolate Cream Pudding

1 to 1 1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 cup cocoa

dash salt

4 cups milk

4 egg yolks, slightly beaten

4 teaspoons vanilla

Combine sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt in 2-quart saucepan.

Combine milk and egg yolks, then gradually stir into the dry ingredients.

Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Continue to boil for one minute, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat, and stir in butter and vanilla. Pour pudding into four serving dishes, and chill.

Servings: 8 - 1/2 cup

Answer 4

I heard somewhere that you can use applesauce instead of butter or oil. I never tried but Im sure its probaly in a modern cookbook or look on betty crocker website

Answer 5

How about a potato?

Get a Cookie Sheet and Aluminum foil. (Lay the slices flat on the aluminum foil covering your cookie sheet. You can omit the aluminum foil if you have a no-stick surface)

Slice a potato into 1/8" --> 1/16" slices. Put it in the oven at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, and Volla, you have a new way to bake a potato. More time and lower tempature for soggier, less time at higher tempatures to make them more potato-chippy. The thinner slices will also turn into something resembling potato chips if you keep them to the thinner size.