4 healthy dessert recipes
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If you are going through a lifestyle change, it may be difficult to give up some of your favorite desserts. Fortunately, baking with healthy ingredients can make it a little easier to have healthy desserts. Check out these four recipes.TRANSCRIPT
4 Healthy Dessert Recipes To Help with Your Lifestyle Change
4 Recipes that Taste Delicious!
1. Healthy Cheesecake
2. Coconut Oil Brownies
3. Homemade Chocolate Fudgesicles
4. Coconut Flour Coffee Cake
Healthy Cheesecake
Healthy Cheesecake (Ingredients)
Cook Time Total Prep Time: 80 minutes
Yields 12-16 servings
Ingredients
Crust:
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1/3 cup organic coconut oil
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 2Tbsp agave nectar
Filling:
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1 cup agave nectar
• 3 Tbsp flour
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp bourbon vanilla
• 6 eggs
• ¼ cup light cream or milk
Healthy Cheesecake (Directions)
Preheat oven to 450° F. Crust:
1. In a large bowl, combine the first four ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, and coconut oil); blend until crumbly.
2. Combine milk and agave and sprinkle over mixture until dough is just moist enough to hold together.
3. Form into a ball. Press mixture over bottom and 2½ inches up side of 9-inch spring form pan.
4. Chill.
Filling:
1. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese
until creamy.
2. Add agave, flour, lemon zest, salt and
vanilla; beat well.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well
after each.
4. Blend in cream.
5. Pour filling into prepared pan. Bake at
450°F for 10 minutes; reduce heat to
200°F and bake for 60 to 70 minutes or
until filling is almost set or golden brown.
6. Cool. Refrigerate for several hours or
overnight before serving.
(credit: adapted from Better Body Foods Recipes)
Coconut Oil Brownies (Ingredients)
Cook Time
Prep: 10 minutes, Bake: 25-35 minutes
16 Servings
Ingredients
• ¾ Cup Melted Organic Coconut Oil
• 1 ½ Cups Sugar
• ¾ Cup All-Purpose Flour
• ¾ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa
• 3 Large Eggs
• 1 Cup Milk Chocolate Chips
Coconut Oil Brownies (Directions)
1. Preheat oven to 350 F and line an 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl add coconut oil, sugar, flour, cocoa and eggs. Stir until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
3. Pour batter into prepared baking dish, bake 25-35 minutes depending on the size of your baking dish (shorter time for the 9x9). Let brownies cool completely before cutting.
(Credit: adapted from Bakelette Blog)
Homemade Chocolate Fudgesicles (Ingredients) Cook Time
Prep Time: 5 minutes, Freeze Time: several hours
Ingredients
• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• ½ cup canned full-fat coconut milk
• 2 small, very-ripe bananas
• Pinch of salt
• ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
• Agave nectar to taste
Homemade Chocolate Fudgesicles (Directions)
• Combine all items in a blender.
• Pour into popsicle molds and freeze.
• A good way to remove pops is to run the popsicle
mold under room-temp water for about 15
seconds, then gently twist.
(credit: adapted from Chocolate Covered Katie)
Coconut Flour Coffee Cake (Ingredients) • 1 cup organic coconut flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 8 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup plain whole yogurt
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter or coconut oil, melted
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Topping:
• 1 1/2 cups nuts (almonds,
pecans, cashews, etc.)
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 4 tablespoons unsalted
butter, cold, cut into
tablespoons
Coconut Flour Coffee Cake (Directions)
1. Preheat oven to 325ºF and adjust rack to middle position.
2. Place all the batter ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
3. Pour batter into a buttered 8x8 inch baking dish.
4. Wipe out food processor bowl with a paper towel or cloth. Place nuts, cinnamon, honey and butter in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until nuts are coarsely chopped and ingredients bind together.
5. Drop spoonfuls of topping over batter and then using a butter knife, swirl the topping into the top layer of the batter.
6. Bake for 40-45 minutes until golden brown. Let cool for 20 minutes.
(Credit: adapted from Deliciously Organic)
Find More Healthy Desserts!
• Check out Better Body Foods for more healthy
recipes or to buy coconut oil.
• Use ingredients like organic coconut flour, coconut
oil, and agave nectar in other recipes.