Delicious Healthy Baking

So you’re here to find some healthy baking recipes that are not just healthy but flavorful as well. Are you looking for a healthy cookie recipe that will satisfy your sweet tooth and still be good for you? Or maybe you want a healthy muffin recipe that will jump start your day. How about a healthy bread recipe to serve at your next dinner party? Let me provide you with lot’s of recipes to choose from.

Healthy baking is my absolute favorite thing to do in the kitchen. It gives me great satisfaction to make a batch of muffins with all sorts of healthy add-ins and watch my family devour them because they are so delicious that no one can stop at just one. I hope you enjoy making and eating them as much as I do.

Now before you jump down to the recipes on this page, please read over the healthy baking shopping list so that you will have the essentials you need to get started.

Healthy Baking Shopping List

These are the basic ingredients you will need to have in your pantry in order to make most of the healthy recipes listed here. I listed out the ingredients 1st and then described them in more detail below.

• Whole Wheat Flour,Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, or Spelt Flour
  
• Honey
  
• Unrefined Sugar (Evaporated Cane Juice Crystals or Sucanat)
  
• Frozen Fruit Juice Concentrate
  (apple, orange, and pineapple-check individual recipes for which kind)
  
• Applesauce
  
• Rice Bran Oil (or another healthy vegetable oil, like canola)
  
• Rolled Oats (not instant)
  
• Ground Flax Meal
  

You will find some recipes with whole wheat flour and some with whole wheat pastry flour. The reason I use whole wheat pastry flour is because it is lighter than conventional whole wheat flour, resulting in a baked good that is not too dense. Feel free to use regular whole wheat flour (especially if you are on a budget). Just know that it does produce a heavier baked good. Also, for every cup of whole wheat pastry flour, use 7/8 cup of whole wheat flour.

Honey, Unrefined Sugar, and Fruit Juice Concentrate
These are my preferred sweeteners because they are not as refined as conventional white sugar and still have some nutritional value. The most nutritional out of all three is honey (when it is raw and from a local source; if you get it at the store, it has been processed and lost some of its nutrition). The next best sweetener would be fruit juice concentrate, followed by unrefined sugar (which is about 50% less processed than white sugar).

So why should you stay away from white sugars? Well I could get into a long discussion about this, but for now I will leave you with a couple of things to think about.
-Refined white sugar depresses your immune system, making you more vulnerable to toxins, bacteria and viruses
-Refined white sugar is stripped of all nutrition. Therefore, your body must borrow vital nutrients from healthy cells to metabolize this incomplete food. So not only are you depriving your body of the nutrition it needs, you are also taking away what it already has stored up.

Applesauce
I substitute applesauce for part of the oil in most of my baking recipes. If you have a baked good recipe that you would like to lighten up, simply replace half of the oil with applesauce.

Rice Bran Oil
Rice Bran Oil is the only oil I use in all of my cooking endeavors. It has a light and delicate flavor and 490 degree smoke point, making it very versatile. It also has great health benefits including:
Proven cholesterol reduction
High antioxidant levels
Hypoallergenic
Absorbs up to 20% less
No preservatives, No GMO

Rolled Oats
You will find rolled oats in quite a few of the recipes listed below. They add in extra fiber and texture to the baked goods.

Ground Flax Meal
Flax is a great source of omega 3 fatty acids, lignan (an antioxidant), and fiber. It has been shown to lower cholesterol and help in disease prevention.You can buy ground flax meal at most health food stores and some chain grocery stores. Or if you want to lower the cost, buy whole flax seeds and use a coffee grinder to make flax meal.

Healthy Baking Recipes

Healthy Breads

Healthy Cookies