Chocolate Cherry Cookies - Great and easy cookies

 We used a regular chocolate cake mix - not sugar free. And doubled everything since that cake mix is twice a big as the 8 oz sugar free one.

Paleo Orange Cranberry Bread or Muffins

This is a nice and tangy bread, but not very sweet. Just right for the holidays!

Muffins - 18 minutes

Go ahead and make the original if you'd like.
 Or.... make these tweaks to add beans and more natural sweeteners.

Do 1/2 oatmeal flour and 1/2 coconut or rice flour. Add 2 T tapioca flour
Instead of the 1/3 c. honey, use 1/4 c. dates, 1/4 c. cooked white beans and 1/4 c. applesauce
Drop oil to 1/4 c.
Do not use the cardamon or orange peel.
Mix this in the food processor. It'll be pink.
It will look like it's too thin. Don't worry - this way it will be moist after cooked.
Pour it into a jelly roll pan and bake at 350 F for 22 min.

Oatmeal pumpkin bars

Oatmeal pumpkin bars

3 eggs (room temperature)

1 tsp vanilla

¾ c coconut oil (melted)

¾ c applesauce

1 c pumpkin

3 c oat flour

½ c almond flour

1/3 c tapioca flour

1/6 c coconut flour

2 c stevia

1 ½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp cloves

½ tsp ginger

opt: 1 c walnuts finely ground

Mix eggs and vanilla thoroughly. Meanwhile melt coconut oil. When the egg mixture is at room temperature (if this mixture is not at room temperature, the coconut oil will thicken and you’ll get hardened clumps). Add the oil to it. Mix the applesauce and pumpkin (if needed, warm in microwave until this gets to room temperature; see reason above). Add this to the other liquid mixture.

Measure all the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Mix together then add the liquid mixture. Blend well.

Place in well greased jelly roll pan. Use coconut oil (dab a napkin in the container and spread all over the bottom and sides). Smooth out the top. Sprinkle the walnuts on top and place in a 350 F oven for 18-20 min.

When cooled, cut and serve.

Applesauce Pumpkin Bread

Applesauce Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients       (*) see below for changes

2 cups white sugar (*)

1 1/2 cups applesauce

2 cups pumpkin puree

4 eggs, beaten

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon ground mace

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (optional)

3 cups all-purpose flour (*)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

Mix white sugar and applesauce together in a large bowl; stir pumpkin puree and eggs into sugar mixture until smooth. Mix baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves, and mace into pumpkin mixture; fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. Stir flour into pumpkin mixture until fully incorporated. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each loaf comes out clean, 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

(*) My changes to match my new way of eating:

flour à2 c. Oat flour, ¼ c. tapioca starch, ¾ c. almond (or brown rice) flour 

sugar à 1/2 cup 100% apple concentrate, 1 ¼ cup Stevia

No chocolate chips. Grease pans with coconut oil.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/230579/applesauce-pumpkin-bread/

Banana Bread with Coconut and Walnuts (Greek Yogurt too)

Banana Bread with Coconut and Walnuts

Ingredients:              (*) see below for changes

1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour (*)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup sugar (*)

2 large eggs

2 tablespoons vegetable oil (*)

1 1/2 cups coarsely mashed ripe bananas (about 3)

1/2 cup 2% plain Greek yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup coconut flakes

1/2 cup walnut halves

(*) My changes to match my new way of eating:

flour à  1 c. Oat flour, ¼ c. tapioca starch, ¼ c. almond flour

sugar à 1/2 cup 100% apple concentrate, 1/2 cup Stevia

Oil à grapeseed or Olive oil 

(Note: do not change this oil to applesauce - you need this oil; the greek yogurt already cuts the oil amount down as much as possible)

How to Make It

Step 1- Preheat oven to 350°F. 

Step 2- In a bowl, whisk together first 4 ingredients. 

Step 3- In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs until thick. Stir in oil, bananas, yogurt and vanilla. Fold in flour mix, coconut and walnuts.

Step 4- Pour into greased (*) 9-by 5-inch pan. Bake for 75 minutes. Let cool on rack. Cut and enjoy!

Cooking tip: Tent the loaf with foil if it gets too dark before it's cooked.

(*) Use coconut oil to grease pans

Nutritional Information (for original)

Calories per serving 224

Fat per serving 7.4g

Saturated fat per serving 1.8g

Monounsaturated fat per serving 1.3g

Polyunsaturated fat per serving 3.8g

Protein per serving 5g

Carbohydrate per serving 37g

Fiber per serving 3g

Cholesterol per serving 32mg

Iron per serving 1mg

Sodium per serving 171mg

Calcium per serving 23mg

https://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,50400000127163,00.html