Healthy substitutes for Butter, in baking
Butter adds richness and structure, but it's mostly saturated fat. In many bakes you can replace part of it with something that adds moisture instead: keeping the texture while lightening it up.
The 3 best swaps for butter, in baking
Unsweetened applesauce
Cuts fat and adds moisture to cakes and muffins.
Mashed banana
Adds natural sweetness; best in quick breads and brownies.
Olive or avocado oil
For savoury bakes: swaps saturated for unsaturated fat.
Each line is one metric. The upright rule is butter. A bar that stops short of it has dropped below the original; a bar that crosses it has gone past.
What the lines leave out
- Unsweetened applesauce
- Trades solid saturated fat for fruit fibre and moisture.
- Mashed banana
- Natural sweetness lets you cut some added sugar too.
- Olive or avocado oil
- Not fewer calories, but heart-healthy fat instead of saturated.
One swap is just the start
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