Happy holidays all! Here is a quick round-up of some of my favorite sweet holiday treats! I love to bake, but I’m also super cheap and don’t like having to spend a ton of time in the kitchen. I’ve put together a couple quick and easy recipes you can try out! I heavily use Kodiak Cakes all-purpose mix, it’s a great mix with lots of fiber and some extra protein. Feel free to sub any other kind of baking mix (flour + baking powder) or any pancake mix.
For the chocolate lovers:
Double Chocolate Cupcakes
For the cupcakes:
½ cup Kodiak Cakes mix
½ cup cocoa powder
4 eggs
2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup for sweetness
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
For the frosting:
1 cup of pumpkin puree
1 cup of melted chocolate chips
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Mix all ingredients together.
3) Pour batter into greased muffin tin.
4) Bake for 10-12 minutes and let cool completely.
5) Whip together melted chocolate and pumpkin puree
6) Pipe onto cooled cupcakes!
For the peanut butter lovers:
Thumbprint PB&J cookies
1 and 1/3 cup Kodiak Cakes all-purpose mix
1/2 cups peanut butter
1/3 cup maple syrup
Whatever type of jelly or jam you like!
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2) Combine baking mix, syrup and peanut butter.
3) Roll into small balls, use your thumb to flatten a little, and place on greased baking sheet.
4) Fill thumb indent with jelly or jam.
5) Bake for 10 minutes!
For the mint lovers:
Matcha Mint Macaroons
2 cups shredded, unsweetened coconut
3 scoops Matcha Powder (I used Vital Proteins)
1 scoop vanilla Protein Powder
2 Tablespoons melted coconut oil
2 cups mini semi-sweet morsels
Peppermint extract to taste (I used about 1 tablespoon)
Directions:
1) Combine all ingredients
2) Let chill in the fridge for 30 minutes
3) Roll into small balls
Done!