Tips to Bake with Less Fat

While cookies, cakes, bars, and other baked goods aren't known for their healthful qualities, they can be made lighter and healthier with a few tricks. We'll show you how.

Bake recipes are carefully balanced formulas. In baked goods, fat tenderizes, adds moisture, carries flavor, and affects the finished shape. Baked goods with too little fat can be tough or dry. But we've found these techniques work well to cut fat without messing up the final formula.