Fasting or dieting is not a reason to give up delicious homemade baked goods. Habitual eggs, sour cream and butter can be replaced with other healthy foods, such as fruit puree. There are interesting recipes for hearty and sweet pies, buns, breads, muffins that can be prepared for a family tea party or served on a festive table.
Uncomfortable baked goods: disadvantages and advantages
The main difference between baking is the presence of butter, eggs, milk in the dough. These ingredients make the baked goods more tender and airy, and their taste - rich. Buns, cookies and pies look very impressive; these are the products that are most often prepared for the holidays. A significant disadvantage is high calorie content.
Butter dough is usually sweet, it is supplemented with appropriate fillings: fruits and berries, chocolate, candied fruits, dried fruits, sugar icing. However, this dough is also suitable for savory pies: fish, meat, vegetable.
Uncooked dough turns out to be denser, the taste of finished products is not too bright. But such baked goods are less high in calories and more healthy. Instead of milk, water is added, butter is replaced with vegetable oil. Such products are suitable for people who are fasting, suffer from intolerance to certain foods, or simply do not want to gain weight. To make the taste of pies, cookies or bread more interesting, fruit puree is added to the dough, and they are experimenting with fillings.
Chocolate mannik
A simple cake with a pleasant cocoa flavor. You can add fruit jam, icing sugar or homemade icing to it.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup semolina
- 1 glass of water;
- 3 tbsp. l. wheat flour;
- 150 ml odorless vegetable oil;
- 3 tbsp. l. cocoa powder;
- 0.5 tsp vanilla sugar;
- 0.5 cups granulated sugar;
- 0.5 cups seedless raisins;
- 0.5 cups walnuts;
- icing sugar for dusting.
Soak the raisins in cold water for half an hour, then drain the liquid and lay out the dried fruits to dry. Fry the walnut kernels in a dry frying pan, chop coarsely with a knife.
In a deep bowl, semolina, sugar and vanilla sugar. Pour in water, stir and leave the mixture to swell for half an hour. Pour vegetable oil into the mass and beat with a whisk or mixer. The dough should be voluminous and airy.
Pour in sifted flour mixed with cocoa powder, add nuts and raisins. The consistency of the dough should not resemble too thin sour cream. Grease the mold with vegetable oil, pour the dough into it, level the surface with a knife or silicone spatula.
Put the mold in a preheated oven, bake until the biscuit is ready. Turn the finished manna onto a dish, cool, sprinkle with copious amounts of powdered sugar.
Lean cookies
A light dessert that does not contain oil, eggs, sour cream. Perfect for tea or snacking, it has a delicate lemon aroma.
Ingredients:
- 200 g wheat flour;
- 3 tbsp. l. icing sugar;
- 3 tbsp. l. boiled water;
- a pinch of salt;
- a pinch of vanillin;
- 2 tbsp. l. refined vegetable oil;
- 1 tsp chopped lemon zest.
Grate lemon zest on a fine grater, mix it with powdered sugar. Add salt, vegetable oil, water and soda, slaked with lemon juice. Pour in the sifted flour and knead the dough.
On a board sprinkled with flour, roll out the dough into a layer. Cut out cookies with a glass or a special notch and put them on a baking sheet, lightly greased with vegetable oil. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees until the products are browned. Serve the liver warm or completely cooled.
Spicy gingerbread
Baking for lovers of unusual recipes. Spices and dried fruits add richness to the taste. Dessert can be baked in advance, frozen and reheated just before serving.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups wheat flour;
- 2 tbsp. l. cocoa powder;
- 2 tbsp. l. liquid honey;
- 0.5 cups raisins;
- 0.5 cups walnuts;
- ground cinnamon;
- a few carnation buds;
- a pinch of vanillin;
- 0.5 cups of refined vegetable oil;
- 1 cup of sugar;
- 1 glass of water.
Heat water, dissolve sugar and honey in it. Pour in vegetable oil, mix well. Steam the raisins in hot water and pat dry with a paper towel.
Add cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, cocoa powder to the sugar-butter mixture. Mix well, add sifted flour in portions. Put the raisins and chopped walnuts in the dough.
Put the mixture in a mold greased with vegetable oil, place it in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Check the readiness of the cut with a wooden stick. Put the product on a board, cool. The rug can be greased with sour jam or sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Pie with apples
Traditional recipe suitable for fasting. Better to use aromatic sweet and sour apples of late varieties. Cinnamon and sugar are added to taste. If the fruits are very juicy, after cutting them it is better to mix them with starch, then the delicious syrup will not flow out during baking.
Ingredients:
- 200 g wheat flour;
- 2 tbsp. l. Sahara;
- 70 ml of ice water;
- 120 ml of refined vegetable oil;
- 1 tsp baking powder;
- a pinch of salt.
For filling:
- 4 medium sized apples;
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon;
- 150 g sugar;
- 2 tbsp. l. flour.
Combine dry ingredients, heap them onto a cutting board. Make a depression at the top, pour ice water mixed with vegetable oil into it. Quickly knead a homogeneous dough, divide it into 2 parts, wrap them in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Peel and core the apples. Cut the fruit into thin slices, mix with sugar and flour. Cover a round baking dish with oiled paper, lay out half of the dough, having previously rolled it into a layer. Form sides along the edges.
Lay out the filling in an even layer, cover it with a second layer of dough. Pinch the edges carefully and place the dish in an oven preheated to 100 degrees. The cake will be ready in an hour. It can be cut into pieces directly in the mold, after cooling and sprinkling with powdered sugar.
Yeast Pie with Cabbage
Hearty, but not too high-calorie pie, which is quite a substitute for dinner. It can be served cold or warm.
Ingredients:
- 30 g yeast;
- 1 glass of warm water;
- 4 cups wheat flour;
- 2 tbsp. l. Sahara;
- 0.5 tsp salt;
- 4 tbsp. l. odorless vegetable oil;
- 400 g of fresh white cabbage;
- black pepper to taste.
Sift flour into a deep bowl. Dissolve yeast in a glass of warm water and 0.25 tsp. salt, leave the mixture to ferment for 10 minutes. Add half a serving of vegetable oil, gradually add flour. Knead the dough, cover with a towel and leave warm.
When the dough rises with a hat, knead it with a spoon and let it come up again. Then place on a floured board. Knead the mixture with your hands until it becomes completely homogeneous and plastic. Divide the dough into 2 parts: large and small.
Prepare the filling by cutting the cabbage into small squares and stewing until soft in the remaining vegetable oil. Let the cabbage cool slightly, sprinkle with black pepper.
Roll out the dough into 2 layers. Put the larger one in a round shape, spread the filling on top. Cover the cake with the second layer, gently pinch the edges, make a small hole in the center. Lubricate the surface with water and a little sugar to form a glossy crust.
Place the dish in a preheated oven and bake until the cake is browned. Place the product on a board, cover with a clean towel and cool. Serve in portions.
Banana muffin
Delicious lean pastries can be prepared not only in the oven, but also in a slow cooker. To prevent the cake from sticking to the bottom, cover the bowl with oiled baking paper.
Ingredients:
- 3 ripe bananas;
- 240 g wheat flour;
- 250 ml of water;
- 4 tbsp. l. olive oil;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of baking powder;
- 3 tbsp. l. Sahara;
- a pinch of vanillin.
Mix the sifted flour and baking powder. Add water, olive oil, 2 tbsp. l. sugar and vanillin. Beat the dough with a mixer until smooth; in consistency it should resemble sour cream.
Peel the bananas, cut into slices, put on the bottom of the multicooker bowl. Sprinkle them with the remaining sugar, pour in the batter, close the lid of the multicooker and set the Baking program for 80 minutes. Serve lukewarm, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
