These yummybaking recipeskeep things refreshingly uncomplicated: They all call for no more than five ingredients.
(Full disclosure: A few provide optional add-ins or variations that would take the count over five.)
Oh, and there are a number of vegan and gluten-free options.
Ali Ebright viaGimme Some Oven
It usually gets drained down the sink but actually makes a fantasticvegan egg substitute.
(This recipe actually has six ingredients, but one of them is a pinch of salt!)
Theyre chewy, crispy, and chocolatey.
It certainly looks like its made with more than four ingredients!
Amazingly Wholesome 5-Ingredient Banana Bread MuffinsfromPinch of Yum
We had to getsomekind of banana-bread-related recipe in here.
The amazingly wholesome part refers to the fact that these muffins are full of oats and sweetened with dates.
Cinnamon and/or chocolate chips optional.
Easy Coconut MacaroonsfromApt.
4-Ingredient SamoasfromEating Bird Food
A Girl Scout cookieinspired bake, full of chocolate and coconut.
Scoring the cookies by pressing down on them with a fork helps them spread out while baking.
Top with fresh or thawed frozen berries, or really whatever fruit you have around.
4-Ingredient Peanut Butter BrowniesfromGluten Free on a Shoestring
As simple as it gets.
3-Ingredient Gluten-Free Rice Crispy TreatsfromSimply Quinoa
No marshmallows?
A mixture of honey and almond butter makes for a yummy alternative.
you’re free to use regular or brown crispy rice cereal and swap in a different nut butter.
They only take 15 minutes to bake.
2-Ingredient Banana Oatmeal CookiesfromKirbies Cravings
Oats and overripe bananas are a match made in flourless cookie heaven.
These actually have three ingredients if you add the optional chocolate chips (which you most definitely should).
They can be made with or without a chocolate drizzle on top.
They can be made with smooth or chunky almond butter.
4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate CookiesfromGimme Some Oven
The PB-and-chocolate duo in its simplest baked form.
These soft cookies take just six to eight minutes to bake and will satisfy a sweet-and-salty craving.
3-Ingredient Shortbread CookiesfromBigger Bolder Baking
Sugar, flour, butter, done.
Why make ingredients lists any longer than they need to be?
Fair warning, though: You do have to chill the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.
If youve got a box just sitting in your pantry, you have to give these a shot.
