Favorite fat-free baked goods

[Chumly]

I am having a hard time giving up the occasional muffin, cookie or piece of cake. What are your favorite recipes for baked goods that have no added fat? I'm thinking of making something and freezing single portions for snacks.

Michael

[michaelswarm]

I am having a hard time giving up the occasional muffin, cookie or piece of cake. What are your favorite recipes for baked goods that have no added fat? I'm thinking of making something and freezing single portions for snacks.

Well, there’s what I know how to bake, that goes over well with the kids, and I make often.
- Black Bean Brownies
- Pumpkin Pie

Both use solid quantity of starch (beans or squash and oats) with apples and dates for sweetener.

[Lyndzie]

Did you get this email from this morning? McDougall baking recipes!

https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?e=54a ... bedcf0e955

[VeggieSue]

Remember one of the first Star McDougallers Jan Tz? Starting back on the old McDougall forums on VegSource she developed a whole slew of quickbread recipes that are McDougall-safe. Here's where I posted the Quickbread File from over there to these forums when we switched from the older forums here to this version.

https://www.drmcdougall.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3864#p3864

So many different versions of quickbread - like Cranberry Orange, Iced Cinnamon Raisin, Raspberry Cocoa, and holiday favorites such as Eggnog and the perennial favorite Gingerbread.

[VeggieSue]

And don't forget there's an extensive recipe collection right here on the McDougall web site under the Education drop-down menu:

https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/recipes/mcdougall-recipes/

You can scroll down a bit and hit the Desserts tab and see what comes up, or search the recipes section for "Cake" - just ignore the first one that pops up for Crab Cakes.

[Pumpkin Pete]

I too make black bean brownies regularly using Chef AJ's recipe which I have tweaked a little.
I have had them in the fridge with no deterioration in taste for two weeks.
Here is my recipe;
700 grams cooked black beans
100 quick oats
100 grams of dates plus another 200ml of water in which they are soaked overnight
30 grams of cocoa powder
Dash of vanilla
1 and 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.

After mixing all the ingredients together transfer to silicon bakeware - I think this stuff is brilliant.
There is no need for oil and after the brownie slab cools it lifts out easily.
I bake it for 40 minutes at 180 degrees c (that's about 360 fahr). I place a sheet of baking paper on the top of the brownies when baking so the top surface of the brownie slab doesn't dry out too much.
I often think the brownies are undercooked when removed from the oven but after placing them in the fridge for a few hours they are moist and firm.
They are particular nice topped with peanut butter but this obviously is not appropriate for those on the more restricted McDougall diet.