"HEALTHY" BAKING - favourite recipes, and any good recipe books?

[franch]

Not a diet book as such (altho any low-fat recipes would be appreciated by me) - I'm thinking more of cakes, biscuits and other treats for the DDs that have some nutrition in them (fruit, nuts etc), to steer us away from fairy cakes and the like now and then.

Any great recipes? Book recommendations?

We love the Muffin book by Susan Reimer (our was from Lakeland). Loads to choose from from the chocolate chips to blueberry.....

Thanks cyber

Susan Reimer's Muffins Fast and Fantastic is excllent

The Dinner Lady by Jeanette Orrey is the best family / child cookbook I've seen .. with basic recipes.

lucy burney's optimum nutrition has a lovely no-sugar banana cake and a great carrot cake.

Thanks twig and H

Will def get Susan Reimer

Does Dinner lady have plenty of cakes etc?

in fact here's a recipe for the loaf here be sure to read the whole thread as i have tweaked it (and ahem improved it) right at the end.

Ah - many thanks H

I've got a great book here called Bake It - no author strangely but published by Murdoch Books. It's from the library. A4 sized. Full of fab recipes.

Just read it H - that's EXACTLY the kind of thing I'm looking for - thanks so much. Are there many more in that book?

Is this your book Kbear? Looks good but how many of the recipes are healthy?!

Yep, that's it.

Does have some low-fat muffins etc but mostly regular baking (didn't compute that part of your OP, about the healthy bit, so you're after more wholefood, flapjack, fruit bake kind of stuff? Will rummage).

Yes please Kbear

I've got a very easy no-fat tealoaf recipe but it comes out quite bready so you end up buttering it anyway. Fancy it?

And yes please MrsB

Banana loaf - usually needs a pound of over ripe bananas so lots of goodness in thoses - plus if you go to a green grocer they often have the over ripe banans for sale cheap.

banana and walnut loaf

goji berry are the in health food

The oil will make the above loaf nice and moist.

Carrot cake

here

I havn't tryed this with honey instead of maple syrup - but it may work.

Thank you ivy

in a large bowl put:
1 cup dried fruit (or more, or add nuts etc)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup cold black tea

stir until sugar has dissolved
leave 12h or overnight

stir in:
2 cups SR
1 egg

2lb greased loaf tin, gas 4 1-1.5hr or till knife comes out clean

Brilliant, thanks MrsB

Any other recipes gratefully received