Help! I am a bakeoholic

eena56

I love baking! Help me! How do other bakers manage this?

DR2501

Healthier baking recipes?

60 calorie blueberry muffins:

Serves 19
Calories: 60/muffin

Ingredients
1 cup steel cut oats (soak in water at least 6 hours prior)
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder
1 teaspoon gluten free baking soda
1 tablespoon powdered stevia
2 eggs
1 cup unsweetened applesauce (I used TreeTop's Original)
¼ cup butter, melted (I used I Can't Believe It's Not Butter - Light)
¾ Almond Milk (I used Unsweetened Original)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries (I used frozen)
optional: chopped nuts

Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a bowl stir together the oats, flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and powder, stevia.
Pour in the eggs, applesauce, butter, milk, and vanilla.
Stir well.
Gently mix in the blueberries.
Evenly pour the batter into silicone cupcake liners or regular liners. You will need to spray with cooking oil and dust with flour after spray to prevent sticking.
Add some chopped nuts if desired.
Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick in center comes out clean. Mine were perfect at 25 min.

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kittyr77

I am a very keen (and rather fabulous) baker if I don't say so myself!
this week alone I baked chocolate orange muffins (using olive oil and orange oil), blueberry and white chocolate muffins and a biscuity fudgey tray bake that's an old Scottish recipe.
Needless to say, I allow myself one bite of husbands portion and the rest he takes in to his office. He works in a massive shared office so everything gets eaten up really fast.
Also I freeze a few for later dates such as visiting friends or family.
Don't give up your baking, for me it's so relaxing and I love making others happy with my baked goods!

Ninkyou

Work it into your calorie goal. You don't have to give up anything that you like to bake. Just eat it in moderation.

Tiabi

I’m a huge baker too. Some things do freeze pretty well so you can save some for later. Sharing with other people is what works best for me. I’ll bake something up if I’m having people over, or if I’m going out to somebody else’s house. I’ll ask my guests if they would like to take some of the baked goods home for later, and they usually always say yes, so I can burn through a whole cake in an evening pretty easily. I've actually invited people over for breakfast just so I could make croissants.

LizN63

Fit it into your calorie allowance - do a bit more exercise.

Give it away to friends, family, work colleagues.

Portion it out and freeze it.

Bake more for meals than treats.

Bake less (this is the only one that works for me!).

LifeWithPie

Healthier baking recipes?

60 calorie blueberry muffins:

Serves 19
Calories: 60/muffin

Ingredients
1 cup steel cut oats (soak in water at least 6 hours prior)
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder
1 teaspoon gluten free baking soda
1 tablespoon powdered stevia
2 eggs
1 cup unsweetened applesauce (I used TreeTop's Original)
¼ cup butter, melted (I used I Can't Believe It's Not Butter - Light)
¾ Almond Milk (I used Unsweetened Original)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries (I used frozen)
optional: chopped nuts

Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a bowl stir together the oats, flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and powder, stevia.
Pour in the eggs, applesauce, butter, milk, and vanilla.
Stir well.
Gently mix in the blueberries.
Evenly pour the batter into silicone cupcake liners or regular liners. You will need to spray with cooking oil and dust with flour after spray to prevent sticking.
Add some chopped nuts if desired.
Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick in center comes out clean. Mine were perfect at 25 min.

I'm curious...why gluten free baking powder and soda? You've got whole wheat flour in the recipe.

DR2501

Not my recipe sorry just one I found the other day!

My fiance is actually gluten free though, so I would probably make them with all GF ingredients.

TheNoLeafClover

I am also a bakeoholic. In the past few days, I've baked bread, pumpkin rolls, cookies, and banana nut bread. Tomorrow, I plan on baking a cheesecake. I manage to fit a lot of delicious baked goods into my calorie goal, but I tend to end up with a lot I can't consume myself. I do find it helps, as other posters have suggested, to freeze things or give them away. Or if need be, you can modify a recipe to reduce it's calories, bake a smaller batch or simply try to bake less. But I know how difficult that last one can be. When you feel the overwhelming desire to bake, it is a call you must heed.

F00LofaT00K

I manage it by baking!!!

I give away most of what I bake or I wrap things in individual servings and freeze them OR I find low calorie recipes and have fun trying new things.

shortntall1

I am too..I havent baked since I started in March. My poor kitchenaid looks longingly at me and sighs.

lightmouse

I have to give the cakes away. I love baking and I have no willpower :-( Yesterday I made brownies to take to work and I ate so many of them as I was packing them to take in :noway:

abrace04

I know people who continue to bake, but they give their foods to their family & friends to enjoy! Afterall, isn't that a lot of the joy of baking?

lemonlionheart

I love baking too! Luckily I enjoy the process of baking and decorating more than actually eating cake haha. Though I do have a soft spot for the cake batter. I usually lick the bowl and offload the baked goods on roommates and friends

eena56

Thanks for all your replies! I try to give most away too. But it's hard to find enough excuses for baking tee hee. I might try sending stuff with my hubby to work, but as he works in a medical practice, that might not be giving the right message?!

Sadly I don't find the low-cal stuff so fun

Maybe I could start selling stuff? Does anyone do this?

MostlyWater

Me too, even in this heat. I like a challenge, though, so I make really healthy treats.

Keep them small in size and in amount and plan for them. And enjoy !

Kalikel

I like to bake.

For quite a long time, I just couldn't. There was no way I would be able to make it without trying some cookie dough or having a piece of cake.

Now, I can bake for others, frost cakes, sprinkle sugar on the Hershey Kiss cookies, all of it. It took me a while to get there, though. Time, patience, determination.

ebbingfat

There are SO many wonderful healthy substitutes for things - especially baked goods. One of my favorite go-to places for healthy dessert recipes is http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com

Lizzy622

I love trying new recipes with healthy ingredients. I really like cookies or mini cupcakes/muffins since they are portion controlled. I also like to make extra cookie dough and freeze it. If I really want a treat I have to take it out (in small portions)and bake it. It keeps me from just eating a whole plate full of cookie.

jayce54321

I am available to dispose of the evidence.

SoDamnHungry

Try making half recipes, bringing some to work, or mailing it to me.

kaseyr1505

I bake what I want, with no "low calorie" substitutions. I keep some of it, and give the rest to friends/take it to work.

lockeddoor

I love baking too! That, and running, keep me from killing people LOL

I went and bought a mini-muffin pan, and have been using my favorite cake recipes for mini-cupcakes. I use all the full-fat, full-flavor, full-calorie ingredients I always do, but when divided into mini cupcakes, even after frosting them, they come out to 69 calories each.

With a full cupcake, or a slice of cake ,you don't generally just take a few bites and walk away, but with a mini-cupcake, it's really easy to keep your portions under control.

I've also been baking much smaller cookies now, too! My kids have some "play" cookie cutters (smaller than "real" cookie cutters), that are actually functional, so I've been baking mini-cookies.

lightmouse

I love baking too! That, and running, keep me from killing people LOL

I went and bought a mini-muffin pan, and have been using my favorite cake recipes for mini-cupcakes. I use all the full-fat, full-flavor, full-calorie ingredients I always do, but when divided into mini cupcakes, even after frosting them, they come out to 69 calories each.

With a full cupcake, or a slice of cake ,you don't generally just take a few bites and walk away, but with a mini-cupcake, it's really easy to keep your portions under control.

I've also been baking much smaller cookies now, too! My kids have some "play" cookie cutters (smaller than "real" cookie cutters), that are actually functional, so I've been baking mini-cookies.

*immediately starts shopping online for mini-muffin pan*

tkillion810

You could bake and deliver to local shelters.