If you are on a GLP-1 med (like semaglutide or tirzepatide) and need recipes to be a little lower in fat and higher in protein I've developed a fudgy sweet treat recipe for you:
Bobi's Balanced Brownies
1/2 C cottage cheese
1/4 C greek yogurt
1/4 C milk
1/2 C dry oatmeal
1/2 C sugar or sweet substitute
1 egg
1 t baking powder
1 pinch salt or salt substitute
Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth. Then pour into a greased 8 by 8 square baking pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
1 Cup Oat Flour (I grind old fashioned oats in my blender)
3/4 C sugar
1/2 C baking cocoa
1 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
Stir this dry mix together. Then add:
1/4 C oil
3 eggs
1 C buttermilk
1/3 C water
Beat in a mixer til eggs are well incorporated. Then pour into greased glass rectangle baking pan and bake at 350 for 22 minutes, or when toothpick comes out clean.
FROSTING:
1/3 C buttter softened
1/2 C cocoa
2 T honey
2 C powdered sugar
3-6 T milk as needed
Roll Dough
1/3 C milk
2 T butter
2 1/2 t yeast
1/4 C sugar
1/2 t salt
1 egg
1/2 C canned pumpkin
2 2/3 C flour
Warm the butter and milk and add yeast. After its softened there, add the rest of the dough ingredients and knead with the bread beater on a mixer. Knead for 2-3 minutes. Then oil the dough and cover it, to let rise for 2 hours.
Then roll out dough into a rectangle. Spread a little butter over the dough and then sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. I also added chopped pecans and chocolate chips. This is optional.
Roll up into a long log and cut the rolls about an inch thick. Lay out on greased sheet pan and cover to have the second rise. Let rise for one hour. Then bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Glaze
One cube cream cheese (8 oz)
1/2 bag of powdered sugar
milk or cream one T at a time
Mix the glaze in a mixer with the whisk beater. Then pour over warm rolls.
1 1/4 C warm water
3/4 T yeast
3/4 T oil
3/4 T sugar
1 t salt
3 C flour
Mix and knead about 3 or 4 minutes in the mixer. Then (leave in mixer) and cover to rise for 10 minutes. Then knead a few times in the mixer and let rise another 10 minutes. Keep doing this for a total of about an hour.
Then form into a loaf on a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Let rise there, covered, around 30 minutes. Then bake at 425 for 10 minutes, and then at 375 for 20 minutes.
In the loaf pictured I slashed the top and brushed with an egg wash before baking. It makes it look more store bought, but I don't usually do it because the flavor is great without these steps.
Crust:
2 C flour
1/2 t salt
2/3 C shortening/lard
6-8 T water
Beat just until dough clings together. Roll out.
Blueberry Pie:
4 C blueberries, fresh or frozen
1-2 T lemon juice
1/2 C sugar
3 T flour
Gently stir together and put into a pie shell. Lightly moisten the edge of the pie shell with water. Put top crust or lattice on top. Seal. Sprinkle top crust lightly with cinnamon-sugar mix. Place pie tin on a cookie sheet so if any juices escape they collect on the cookie sheet on burning on the floor of your oven.
Bake 375 degrees for 50 minutes.
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