There's a lot of debate about sugar: is it toxic? Is it just the processed stuff that's harmful? Or is sugar, well, sugar, regardless if it comes from honey, agave, or the classic white granules? Whatever your stance, here are 10 dessert recipes that all get their sweetness from one non-white-sugar source: maple syrup!
TOP ROW
• Harvest Cake with Goat Cheese Frosting, via The Kitchn
• Basic Chocolate Cake Recipe, via 101 Cookbooks
• 3-Ingredient Healthy Ice Cream, via The Kitchn
• Maple Cupcakes from Baked Explorations, via The Kitchn
• Cookie Recipe: Life-Changing Vegan Thumbprints, via The Kitchn
BOTTOM ROW
• 100% Whole Grain Almond Butter Maple Cookies, via Texanerin Baking
• Chocolate Fudge and Self Love, via My New Roots
• 20 Minute Almond Berry Sorbet, via The Kitchn
• Brown Rice Crispy Treats, via Sprouted Kitchen
• Summer Berry Cake, via Green Kitchen Stories
Related: Tips for Substituting Agave in Baked Goods
(Images: 1. Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan; 2. Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks; 3. Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan; 4. Stewart, Tabori & Chang; 5. Dana Velden; 6. Erin via Texanerin Baking; 7. Sarah Britton via My New Roots; 8. Emily Ho; 9. Hugh Forte for Sprouted Kitchen; 10. Green Kitchen Stories)
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toxic or not, I'm always looking for ways to more gently appease my sweet tooth. so more of these compilations, please- especially honey recipes!
I quite like this shortcake from King Arthur:
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/honey-shortcake-biscuits-recipe
No no no! How will I ever be svelte if you post delicious-sounding recipes with my all time favorite ingredient!
Maple syrup is my favorite sweetener, though it's so expensive. Love seeing more recipes using it I'd also love to see more baked goods using non-white-sugar sweeteners and more whole grain flours. It's tricky to find reliable recipes like that.
I LOVE Maple Syrup too and I use it in pretty much everything I do (from BBQ chicken to Cocktails, breakfasts and desserts, of course!). I prefer Organic Maple Syrup though as the taste is cleaner and better. If you are looking for great Maple syrup products, there is this cool site that's called Rouge Maple and they offer the best maple syrup I ever tasted PLUS a variety of gourmet products made of maple syrup (spices, mustard, salad dressings). And you can even adopt a maple tree!! Bon appétit!
Thank theKitchn for these recipes, I'm keeping all of the these. Like Claritygolden and Rosabel, I too am a maple syrup fanatic...I use it on everything and yes I do know the site mentioned above, www.rougemaple.com, in fact I recently bought their organic maple syrup and I won;t be buying my maple syrup anywhere else...its like no other I've tasted. As for the recipes above, I'm also a chocolate fanatic so the Chocoate Fudge and Self Love speaks volumes to me...chocolate & maple syrup? How could you go wrong?