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4 Healthy Dessert Recipes To Help with Your Lifestyle Change

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If you are going through a lifestyle change, it may be difficult to give up some of your favorite desserts. Fortunately, baking with healthy ingredients can make it a little easier to have healthy desserts. Check out these four recipes.

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4 Healthy Dessert Recipes To Help with Your Lifestyle Change

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4 Recipes that Taste Delicious!

1. Healthy Cheesecake

2. Coconut Oil Brownies

3. Homemade Chocolate Fudgesicles

4. Coconut Flour Coffee Cake

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Healthy Cheesecake

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Healthy Cheesecake (Ingredients)

Cook Time Total Prep Time: 80 minutes

Yields 12-16 servings

Ingredients

Crust:

• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

• ½ tsp baking powder

• ¼ tsp salt

• 1/3 cup organic coconut oil

• 2 Tbsp milk

• 2Tbsp agave nectar

Filling:

• 8 oz cream cheese

• 1 cup agave nectar

• 3 Tbsp flour

• 1 tsp lemon zest

• ¼ tsp salt

• 1 tsp bourbon vanilla

• 6 eggs

• ¼ cup light cream or milk

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Healthy Cheesecake (Directions)

Preheat oven to 450° F. Crust:

1. In a large bowl, combine the first four ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, and coconut oil); blend until crumbly.

2. Combine milk and agave and sprinkle over mixture until dough is just moist enough to hold together.

3. Form into a ball. Press mixture over bottom and 2½ inches up side of 9-inch spring form pan.

4. Chill.

Filling:

1. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese

until creamy.

2. Add agave, flour, lemon zest, salt and

vanilla; beat well.

3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well

after each.

4. Blend in cream.

5. Pour filling into prepared pan. Bake at

450°F for 10 minutes; reduce heat to

200°F and bake for 60 to 70 minutes or

until filling is almost set or golden brown.

6. Cool. Refrigerate for several hours or

overnight before serving.

(credit: adapted from Better Body Foods Recipes)

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Coconut Oil Brownies (Ingredients)

Cook Time

Prep: 10 minutes, Bake: 25-35 minutes

16 Servings

Ingredients

• ¾ Cup Melted Organic Coconut Oil

• 1 ½ Cups Sugar

• ¾ Cup All-Purpose Flour

• ¾ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa

• 3 Large Eggs

• 1 Cup Milk Chocolate Chips

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Coconut Oil Brownies (Directions)

1. Preheat oven to 350 F and line an 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl add coconut oil, sugar, flour, cocoa and eggs. Stir until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

3. Pour batter into prepared baking dish, bake 25-35 minutes depending on the size of your baking dish (shorter time for the 9x9). Let brownies cool completely before cutting.

(Credit: adapted from Bakelette Blog)

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Homemade Chocolate Fudgesicles (Ingredients) Cook Time

Prep Time: 5 minutes, Freeze Time: several hours

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder

• ½ cup canned full-fat coconut milk

• 2 small, very-ripe bananas

• Pinch of salt

• ½ tsp pure vanilla extract

• Agave nectar to taste

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Homemade Chocolate Fudgesicles (Directions)

• Combine all items in a blender.

• Pour into popsicle molds and freeze.

• A good way to remove pops is to run the popsicle

mold under room-temp water for about 15

seconds, then gently twist.

(credit: adapted from Chocolate Covered Katie)

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Coconut Flour Coffee Cake (Ingredients) • 1 cup organic coconut flour

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 8 large eggs

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 cup plain whole yogurt

• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter or coconut oil, melted

• 1/2 cup honey

• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Topping:

• 1 1/2 cups nuts (almonds,

pecans, cashews, etc.)

• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

• 4 tablespoons honey

• 4 tablespoons unsalted

butter, cold, cut into

tablespoons

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Coconut Flour Coffee Cake (Directions)

1. Preheat oven to 325ºF and adjust rack to middle position.

2. Place all the batter ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.

3. Pour batter into a buttered 8x8 inch baking dish.

4. Wipe out food processor bowl with a paper towel or cloth. Place nuts, cinnamon, honey and butter in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until nuts are coarsely chopped and ingredients bind together.

5. Drop spoonfuls of topping over batter and then using a butter knife, swirl the topping into the top layer of the batter.

6. Bake for 40-45 minutes until golden brown. Let cool for 20 minutes.

(Credit: adapted from Deliciously Organic)

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Find More Healthy Desserts!

• Check out Better Body Foods for more healthy

recipes or to buy coconut oil.

• Use ingredients like organic coconut flour, coconut

oil, and agave nectar in other recipes.