3 More (No) Baking Recipes: A Followup To My Bakers

After writing my blog about 5 no bake recipes, I became re-inspired to attempt some more no bake recipes. (Part of this inspiration could also have come from the fact that my oven was broken.) But through my journey of no bake recipes, I discovered the magic of the microwave. No longer is the microwave strictly for reheating pizza from the night before, it can actually be used for baking believe it or not.

So here are my top 3 microwave recipes:

1. Apple Cinnamon Cake in a Mug

 Ingredients:

3 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons plain or vanilla greek yogurt
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
generous dashes of cinnamon
1 egg
drizzle of vanilla
roughly 2 tablespoons diced apple

Instructions:

1.  Grease the inside of the mug and then chop half of an apple into very small pieces.
2. Put all the dry ingredients in your mug and mix them up.
3. Add the egg and stir until egg is completely mixed.
4. Add the Greek yogurt and vanilla and stir well.
5. Add the apple pieces and stir extremely well, making sure they are completely distributed throughout the batter.
6.  Put it in the microwave for 2 minutes. Check it; if it seems like it needs a bit more time, then try it in intervals of 15 seconds. Mine needed about 2 minutes and 30 seconds total, but your microwave may vary.

When it's done it will look like this.

 

2. Chocolate Mug Brownie

  Ingredients: 

2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 dash salt
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Instructions:

         1. In a 12 oz coffee mug, add water, butter, vanilla and dash of salt. Whisk well.

         2. Add cocoa powder, whisk well. Add sugar, whisk well. Add flour, whisk well.
         3. Microwave for 60-90 seconds. Center should be slightly molten. Careful not to overcook.

This is what your brownie will look like.

3.Chocolate Chip Mug Cookie

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
1 pinch salt
1 egg yolk
3 1/2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

          1. Melt butter in microwave. 

          2. Add sugars, vanilla, salt, egg yolk and stir. 

          3. Add flour, mix well until fully combined. 

          4. Stir in chocolate chips. 

          5. Microwave for 30-50 seconds.

Here is what your cookie will look like.

Here is the link to my post of 5 no bake recipes:  http://bakeeasyco.blogspot.com/2013/10/5-easy-no-baking-recipes.html

Enjoy!!