Low-calorie apple desserts are a real find for those on a diet. The recipes below are great alternatives to unhealthy buns and various other sweets. Properly prepared apple dishes contain not only a lot of useful vitamins, but also a large amount of fiber, which, as you know, perfectly saturates the body and dulls the feeling of hunger.
Low-calorie apple desserts are characterized by excellent taste. They can be eaten with pleasure at any time during the day. For apple baked goods, it is best to use hard apples with a sweet and sour taste. Fruits with high acidity and firm texture hold their shape better after heat treatment. In addition, they perfectly retain their rich apple flavor.
Apple cakes with curd cream
Undoubtedly, apple cakes prepared according to this recipe are not only very tasty, but also extremely healthy. In addition to apples, the dish also contains healthy ingredients such as wheat bran, natural yogurt, cottage cheese and rolled oats.
To prepare the dough you will need:
- 300 g of peeled apples, grated on a fine grater;
- 75 g non-granulated wheat or oat bran;
- 20 g of rolled oats;
- 1 tsp baking powder;
- 100 ml of milk with a fat content of no more than 2%;
- 3 eggs;
- Stevia or any other sweetener to taste.
To prepare the cream you will also need:
- 120 g of cottage cheese with a fat content of not more than 2%;
- 100 g of natural yogurt with a fat content of no more than 2.5%;
- A bit of any sweetener and vanillin to taste.
In a deep bowl, stir well all the ingredients for the dough except for the apples. Add apples grated on a fine grater to the resulting mass, and mix everything well again. Next, form the dough into small round cakes of the same thickness.
You can bake tortillas both in a frying pan and in the oven. In the first case, you should take a pan with a small diameter and a non-stick coating. Apple cakes in a frying pan are fried on both sides with the lid closed without using oil. In the oven, the cakes are baked in a silicone mold at a temperature of about 200 ° C for about 30-40 minutes. The finished dish is best served warm.
The cream for the tortillas is prepared in just a couple of minutes just before serving. To do this, whisk cottage cheese, natural yogurt, vanillin and sweetener until smooth. To make the cream more airy, coarse grainy curd can be pre-wiped through a sieve.
Baked apples with berries and cinnamon
All connoisseurs of delicious apple desserts will certainly love baked apples with berries and cinnamon. For the preparation of this dish, you can use almost any berries, both fresh and frozen.
For a pound of fresh apples you should take:
- 2 tbsp. l. natural yogurt with a fat content of no more than 2%;
- 4-5 st. spoons of cottage cheese with a fat content of 2%;
- 100 g of any berries;
- yolk from one egg;
- a few drops of lemon juice and a little cinnamon.
First, let's prepare the filling. To do this, mix cottage cheese with yogurt, slightly chopped berries and yolk. Add a little sugar substitute and a couple of drops of lemon juice to the resulting mass. Mix all ingredients well again. The filling is ready!
Cut the washed apples into two halves. Remove the entire inner part from each half and fill it with curd-yogurt mass. Put the finished dessert in a silicone mold and bake in the oven at a temperature of about 180 ° C for about 30-40 minutes. Sprinkle hot baked apples with cinnamon, cool slightly and serve.
Thanks to cinnamon, this low-calorie dessert gains an amazing taste and aroma. Fresh or frozen berries also add their own original flavor to this dish. It is important to note that instead of berries, you can use almost any dried fruit, but keep in mind that in this case, the calorie content of the apple dessert will be much higher.
