CUTTING BACK ON BUTTER IN BAKING

You can cut back on the butter in your baked goods in a heart-healthy way without affecting the final product.  In almost all recipes, you can cut the amount of butter in half by substituting heart-healthy canola oil or no sugar added applesauce for half of the butter.  You will still have a final product that is tasty but it will be healthier!  Yes, I said almost all recipes.  Use your common sense.  You cannot make buttercream icing for example with canola oil or applesauce!

You can make healthy baked goods.  My granddaughter is holding a very healthy cake she made using applesauce for some of the butter. (This is a 2012 photo.)