30 Minute Rolls

I adapted this recipe from the Real Mom Kitchen cookbook. These are dense but delicious 100% whole wheat rolls with no oil or refined sugar.

Ingredients:

• 1 c. plus 2 Tb. warm water
• 1/3 c. applesauce
• 2 Tb. yeast
• 1/4 c. honey
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 egg
• 3 1/2 c. whole wheat flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In mixer bowl with kneading hook combine water, applesauce, yeast, and honey. Let sit 15 minutes. 
3. Mix in salt, egg, and 2 cups of flour till combined. Add remaining flour 1/2 c. at a time.
4. Grease a 9x13 baking dish or a baking sheet with oil, then grease your hands and roll the dough into 12 balls.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes on the top rack. If they start getting too brown on top cover with foil. 

Notes about this recipe:

1. After getting the dough into balls you could let them rise for another 15 minutes if you wanted/had time.

Sweet Potato Cookies

 

I adapted this from a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe my sister gave me in an attempt to use a left over Thanksgiving sweet potato, and I'm sure glad I did. Moist. Delicious. Enough said.

Ingredients:

•  1 c. cooked and mashed sweet potato (one small sized one did it for me)
• 3/4 c. loose brown sugar (not packed)
• 1/2 c. applesauce
• 1 egg
• 1 c. white flour
• 1 c. wheat flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 heaping tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp milk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 c. chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Dissolve baking soda in the milk. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl add sweet potato, sugar, applesauce, and egg. Stir till mixed.
3. Add flours, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda mixture into the wet mixture. Mix well. Add vanilla. Mix well.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Spoon onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for about 10 minutes.

Notes about this recipe:

1. I tried adding marshmallows to a few of them during the last 2 minutes of cooking. They were good, but they honestly didn't need them so I did the rest of the cookies without them.
2. If you really want to make them healthy, try adding raisins, craisins, or chopped dates instead of chocolate chips.

Blueberry Muffins

I adapted this recipe from the muffin recipe in my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.

Ingredients:

• 1 c. white flour
• 1/2 c. wheat flour
• 1/4 c. wheat germ
• 1/3 c. brown sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4-1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 beaten egg
• 3/4 c. milk or rice milk
• 2 Tb. vegetable oil
• 2 Tb. applesauce
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 c. blueberries (frozen or fresh)

Directions:

1. Grease your muffin tin or line with paper liners. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Mix dry ingredients (white flour to cinnamon) in a medium bowl.

3. Mix wet ingredients (egg to vanilla) in a smaller bowl.

4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix until just moistened--batter should be lumpy. Fold in blueberries.

5. Spoon batter into muffin tin until each cup is about 2/3 full. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Banana Muffins

I adapted this recipe from the muffin recipe out of my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 c. flour
• 1/2 c. wheat germ
• 1/3 c. brown sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. cloves
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 c. milk or rice milk
• 3/4 c. mashed ripe banana (if you have a little more than 3/4c. that's ok too)
• 2 Tb. vegetable oil
• 2 Tb. applesauce

Directions:

1. Grease your muffin tin or put paper liners in. Set aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl combine all the dry ingredients (flour to cloves).
3. In a smaller bowl combine all the wet ingredients (egg to applesauce)
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just moistened--batter should be lumpy.
5. Spoon batter into muffin tin, filling about 2/3 the way full. Bake for 15-20 minutes.