Any pastries are perceived as something festive, but it is obvious that the passion for such desserts will inevitably lead to excess weight. This is often due to the large amount of butter added to the dough. However, you can slightly change the culinary recipe by adding less high-calorie and more useful ingredients instead of butter.
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Applesauce
Applesauce is often used to replace butter in recipes and is best suited for cakes (especially vegan recipes). Replace half the amount of oil indicated in the recipe with apple sauce. If the recipe involves the use of one glass of butter, use half a glass of butter and half a glass of applesauce. If you are not afraid to get thicker, wetter baked goods, replace them with all the butter. This will help to avoid excessive calories and fat.
Avocado
Another good idea than replacing butter is to use avocados. Replace half the amount of butter with the recipe for mashed potatoes from this fruit (this is especially recommended when making cookies). This replacement is carried out in the same way as in the case of applesauce. Using avocados not only reduces calories, but also creates a softer and more tender dough. In addition, this oil substitute is ideal for those who do not eat dairy products.
Margarine
You can always replace butter with margarine to reduce saturated fats and cholesterol. Using super lightweight margarine will also reduce calories. Please note that this product usually contains whey, so recipes with it are not vegan.
Rapeseed oil
In some recipes, partial replacement of butter with rapeseed looks good, especially if the recipe requires the use of ghee. Experiment with your favorite recipes to calculate the exact amount of the product to your liking. This method is recommended when baking chocolate chip cookies with rapeseed 50% butter. If desired, instead of rapeseed, you can add any aromatic oil - canola, etc. Despite a significant number of calories, in such baked goods the content of saturated fats, cholesterol and sodium is much lower.
Natural yogurt
You can always replace half the amount of oil in your baking recipes with plain natural yogurt of normal fat content. For example, if the recipe requires one cup of butter, use half a cup of butter and one quarter cup of yogurt. You will significantly reduce calories and saturated fat. Experiment with more yogurt and less oil to see how taste and texture change.