Recipes
Baking Without Butter
Oatmeal Muffins
You’ll love the crispy tops and moist texture with this easy recipe for six big fat muffins. I make them in my toaster oven.
One Bowl Lemon Brownies
Everyone is loving this easy recipe. One bowl. No mixer. No butter. Use all-purpose or whole wheat pastry flour – it’s a super easy recipe with minimal cleanup. 🍋🍋
Easy One Bowl Yellow Cake
With this simple recipe everything goes in one bowl for a faster, healthier cake. It’s low in sugar and made without butter. Try it with my 2-minute frosting.
Simple Apple Cake
One bowl. No mixer. No butter. Super Easy. Anyone can make this easy light cake, made with 3 cups of apples! 🍏🍏🍏 It’s not too sweet, perfect as an apple coffee cake.
Crispy Top Oatmeal Bars
These oatmeal bars have dark chocolate chunks inside with a crispy broiled coconut pecan topping. Make it with all purpose or whole wheat pastry flour.
Soft Oatmeal Raisin Cookies No Butter
This is the same recipe as my Soft & Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies but made without butter, using only oil. Don’t like raisins? Use chocolate chips.
Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake
Simple recipe. Easy prep. Minimal cleanup. This super easy lightly sweet cake uses chocolate chips (or chunks of a dark chocolate bar) and toasted nuts.
Whole Wheat Oatmeal Choc. Chunk Cookies
These healthier 100% whole grain cookies are soft & chewy and use no white flour or butter. I make them with oats, whole wheat pastry flour and lots of dark choc. chunks.
Healthier Apple Crisp
My apple crisp has a 100% whole grain topping of oats and whole wheat pastry flour and it’s made entirely without butter. (Butter option is available)
Boston Cream Pie
They call it pie but com’on – it’s a cake. This luscious dessert is made all from scratch, even the creamy custard filling. It tastes just like a chocolate Ă©clair.
Chocolate Loaf Cake
My double chocolate loaf cake is full of dark chocolate chips and toasted nuts. Works just as well using all-purpose or whole wheat pastry flour. And oh… no butter!
Simple Vegan Vanilla Cake
Made without eggs or butter, this “wacky” cake could not be any easier. You don’t even need a mixer – just stir it all by hand and bake. đź‘Ť
Chewy Oatmeal Choc. Chunk Cookies
There is no butter in these wholesome chewy oatmeal cookies made with big chunks of dark chocolate. 🍫 They’re not too sweet and easy to make.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
These chewy bars are full of dark chocolate, toasted pecans, oats and whole wheat pastry flour – no white flour, no butter. Gotta love that!
Dark Chocolate Fudge Brownies
This is intense. You start with a 70% cacao dark chocolate bar and add even more cocoa for a moist & fudgy brownie made without butter. It’s a really easy recipe.
Kitchen Sink Cookies
There’s something for everyone in this healthy cookie, made with oats, peanut butter, nuts, chocolate chips and coconut but no butter.
Buttermilk Spice Cake
This easy one-bowl cake is made without butter and has a reduced fat cream cheese frosting but I have also made it with my 2-minute chocolate frosting.
Zucchini Chocolate Cake – No Butter
This moist chocolate cake gets its lovely texture from grated fresh zucchini. Dust with powdered sugar or try the butter-free glaze from my Simple Chocolate Cake.
Easy One Bowl Coconut Cake
This variation on my easy yellow cake is just as simple. It’s a coconut lover’s dream, topped with a coconut cream cheese frosting and it’s all made without butter.
High Fiber Cookies
There’s lots of fiber and no butter in this crispy oatmeal cookie made with oats, bran cereal, 100% whole grains, figs, and dark chocolate chips.
Oatmeal Fig Bars
These yummy & soft high fiber bars have no white flour or butter, are low in added sugar, and figs are full of vitamins & essential minerals. Lots to love! Great for vegans.
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Soft and gooey homemade cinnamon rolls will be on your table pronto with my easy one-rise recipe. You can even start them the night before and bake in the morning. ⏰
Simple Chocolate Cake Without Butter
This is the exact same recipe as my one bowl chocolate cake made without butter but I show how you can make a beautiful chocolate glaze without butter. Super easy.
Braided Cinnamon Raisin Bread
I make this every Easter. I call it “Tunnels of Cinnamon” bread because the braids are filled with delicious tunnels of brown sugar & cinnamon. It’s a show stopper!
Easy Peanut Butter Cookies
GF – Here’s why you will LOVE this easy recipe: One bowl. No flour. No butter. No mixer. No shaping. It’s the easiest cookies you will ever make. And they’re gluten free.
Homemade Apple Pie
There is no butter anywhere in my healthier homemade deep dish apple pie. It uses an easy oil crust and THREE pounds of apples. 🍏🍏🍏
Giant Breakfast Cookies
Skip the bagel. With more than 4 grams of fiber per cookie, this is a cookie with a mission. It’s made with lots of prunes and dark chocolate!
Whole Wheat Brownies
These healthier chocolate brownies have no butter! My quick & easy recipe uses olive oil, yogurt, whole wheat flour, toasted nuts & dark chocolate chunks.
Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons
GF – What an easy recipe! Only four ingredients into a bowl, mix, and bake. Then dip into melted dark chocolate. I make them for parties and we always run out.
Crispy Oatmeal Choc. Chip Cookies
Big crispy crunchy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies made with no butter, made even crunchier with toasted nuts. They make a great ice cream sandwich.
Gluten Free Dark Chocolate Brownies
GF – They are chewy and fudgy and gluten free. The toasted nuts and added chocolate chips are optional, but why? 🙂 I make them with avocado oil but you can use butter.
Oatmeal Banana Breakfast Bars
It’s all the stuff you want for breakfast: whole grains, oats, bananas, walnuts, okay… a few chocolate chips! It’s a quick & easy recipe and uses no butter.
Crispy Apple Tart
It looks impressive but it’s easy to make this lightly sweet, crispy apple tart with an apricot glaze and an easy oil crust. Make it for kids and call it an apple pizza!
Easy Apple Bread
Two cups of fresh apples make a delicious, lightly sweet bread with a crispy top, perfect for afternoon tea. It’s really easy to make.
Healthier Easier Pumpkin Pie
You can make a delicious pumpkin pie with low fat ingredients and no cream or butter anywhere. Mine has an easy oil crust and the filling is a breeze.
Cinnamon Swirl Raisin Bread
With my simple one-rise recipe, make this sweet cinnamon raisin loaf with swirls of brown sugar & cinnamon in 90 minutes.
Lemon Coconut Cake
It’s a fresh lemon cake with a lemon curd filling and a fluffy 7-minute frosting sprinkled with coconut – and it’s all made without butter.
Blueberry Coffee Cake
This buttermilk streusel coffee cake is moist and light and has tons of antioxidant-filled blueberries, which are known to support brain health.
Light as a Cloud Ricotta Cheesecake
My Italian style ricotta cheesecake has less fat and less calories but lots of flavor from fresh orange & lemon peel. It will melt in your mouth.
My Everyday Cookies
These are my go-to cookies because they’re 100% whole grain, made with whole wheat flour, oats, and no butter. They keep really well.
Marble Loaf Cake
There’s no butter in this lightly sweet marble loaf with a chocolate swirl, great for a light dessert or something sweet with tea. I sometimes add fresh orange zest… yum.
Citrus Chiffon Cake
Old-fashioned chiffon cake is like angel cake only more moist because it contains oil. This light, airy cake is beautifully fragrant with orange & lemon zest.
Lemon Meringue Pie
Billows of heavenly meringue piled on a luscious lemon curd. It’s the easiest and healthiest lemon pie with an oil crust and foolproof filling.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Spiced pumpkin muffins with toasted walnuts and dark chocolate chips are bursting with flavor and nutrients, like lots of vitamin A for beautiful skin. No mixer needed.
Black Forest Brownies
These are some seriously fudgy brownies. Canned dark sweet cherries send these moist and yummy bars into brownie heaven… without butter. Easy recipe.
Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Light & lemony muffins with the antioxidant benefits of blueberries, made without butter and lots & lots of fresh blueberries. No mixer is needed.
Christmas Wreath Bread
My show-stopping Christmas bread is a soft, slightly sweet egg bread filled with golden raisins and decorated with a light glaze and sprinkles. And it’s all made without butter!
Flaxseed Muffins
A super healthy muffin made without butter, lots of fiber, heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and the breast & prostate cancer protection of flaxseeds.
Greek Walnut Cake
Greek karithopita is a sweet, moist walnut cake spiced with citrus peels, cinnamon, and cloves and infused with a sweet syrup.
Poppy Seed Roll (Polish Makowiec)
A traditional sweet Polish holiday bread filled with poppy seeds, citrus peel, and almonds. The recipe is easier than you think. Make it once and you’ll be addicted!
Lightened Up Pumpkin Cheesecake
Light as a cloud, my ricotta and cream cheese pumpkin cheesecake uses all reduced fat ingredients for a healthier but rich tasting holiday dessert.
Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cake
Fresh blueberries and fresh lemon are the key to this moist and delicious lightly sweet loaf made without butter. You don’t even need a mixer.
Crunchy Oatmeal Banana Muffins
Soft on the inside, crunchy on top and full of healthy goodness. These whole grain muffins have lots of fiber and protein for a healthy snack or breakfast.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
This easy banana bread comes together quickly with fragrant toasted nuts, dark chocolate chips, and no butter. Make it will all purpose flour or part whole wheat.
Breakfast Apple Crisp
Skip the bagel and make this 100% whole grain apple crisp for breakfast with almost 2 pounds of apples and plenty of fiber.
Apple Muffins
These muffins are bursting with apples and have a sweet, crispy top. Make them with all purpose or whole wheat pastry flour.
Meringues
They’re fat-free – basically egg whites and sugar but they taste like cotton candy! Homemade meringues are incredibly easy (and cheap) to make.
Double Chocolate Almond Biscotti
Homemade biscotti takes a little work but it’s really worth it. They’re made with heart-healthy dark chocolate and fragrant toasted almonds. I like to dunk mine in milk.
Apple Pie Bars
You’ll need 2 pounds of apples for this simpler alternative to apple pie. It takes less work to put together and the easy oil crust uses no butter or shortening.
Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
No mixer needed for this light as a feather coffee cake topped with toasted nuts and cinnamon streusel with dark chocolate chips, and can be made without butter. Serve warm.
Baked Doughnuts
Doughnuts are back! Doughnuts don’t have to be fried to taste good. Mine have no butter, no grease, and are so light they might just float away.
Oatmeal Snacking Cake
If you ever wanted to have cake for breakfast, this is the one. It’s not too sweet, has whole grains, eggs, and a beautiful crispy broiled coconut-pecan topping.
Bran Muffins
These old school muffins get that unique “bran muffin” flavor from molasses and all that fiber will do you a world of good.
5-Star Carrot Cake
Here’s my delicious, moist carrot cake made with crushed pineapple and toasted pecans and a smooth cream cheese frosting. I make the cake and frosting without butter.
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