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Freshly baked bread, cakes, chocolates and various other tasty delights are the ultimate treat for any household but over indulging is often as unhealthy as it is scrumptious. Sadly. Traditional home baking recipes focused more on decadence than they did fat content and breaking a habit of a lifetime can be hard. Using the wrong flour when baking bread, using fatty oils or butter when making cakes or including sugars when healthier options are available are the typical mistakes bakers make but there are things you can do to increase nutritional value (or at least decrease fat and sugar content) without jeopardizing taste. Here we look at simple things we can all do to cut down on the calories. Listed below are 10 ways to make your baking healthier: 1. If you are baking cakes or cookies then you can replace a large percentage (approximately half) of the grease or butter with apple sauce. You can make use of various other pureed fruits in place of apple sauce if you prefer. 2. Cut half of the sugar content by replacing it with a sugar substitute, such a Splenda. It is important to use a mix of sugar and sugar substitute to ensure you attain the desired browning obtained from sugar. 3. Rather than cream or milk you can use buttermilk (1 % or non-fat). 4. Enhance nourishment by including nuts, oats and dried fruits. 5. Use whole grain wheat flour in place of white flour. 6. Rather than utilizing fats and oils to grease your pan, use a silicone baking mat. Silicone baking mats are entirely non-stick so unhealthy greasing is not required. 7. Keep salt content down. No more than 1/2 a teaspoon for a batch of cookies is necessary. Salt is still vital when making yeast bread or rolls, however, as it is essential for yeast action. 8. Do not use ingredients that contain partially hydrogenated oil (or trans fats), such as margarine. 9. Reduce salt by seasoning with spices, herbs, fruit peel or vinegar. 10. Substitute chocolate-chips or baking chocolate with cocoa powder. The next time you are baking a favored recipe consider healthier ingredients as replacements for the less healthy ones. Incorporating some of the above ideas into your repertoire will ensue your creations can be as guilt-free as they are delicious. Do not let the resulting feel good factor go to waste by scoffing too many additional cookies though! BrightSpring are a retailer of bakeware in the US and the UK bringing professional quality to the home cook. BrightSpring's silicone baking mat is designed with convenience and style in mind. More information can be found on BrightSpring's website.
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