A collection of easy dessert recipes made with no butter. Includes cakes, cookies, brownies and more! All delicious, budget-friendly options that are made using oil only.
I love butter and use it frequently in my baking. But, the truth is, butter isn’t exactly cheap.
So I’m always delighted when I come across dessert recipes that swap butter for simple oils like canola or vegetable oil instead. They allow me to satisfy my sweet tooth while keeping my grocery budget happy!
Since I know you all love cutting costs as well, I thought I’d share a collection of butterless dessert recipes that I think you’ll enjoy.
Of course, these recipes are also perfect for those times when you simply run out of butter but want to make bake something sweet. Or maybe you are just trying to consume less dairy. Either way, these recipes will come in handy!
Cake Recipes
Cinnamon Spice Crazy Cake
This easy-to-make cake is full of spices that make it feel perfect for fall and winter! But it's delicious enough that you'll want to enjoy it year round.
One Bowl Yum-Yum Cake
A deliciously moist cake with a fun tropical flavor twist!
Crazy Chocolate Cake (no eggs, no butter, no milk!)
This super moist cake mixes together in just 5 minutes and is so delicious you won't ever want to buy a cake mix again! It's the only chocolate cake I make anymore.
Lemon Yogurt Cake
A simple cake loaded with lemon flavor! For extra deliciousness, top it with the optional glaze.
Apple Crazy Cake
This frugal cake is super easy and is a great way to use up extra apples.
Applesauce Cake
This highly rated recipe is super easy and super delicious! And it looks amazing too.
Easiest Vanilla Cake (No eggs, No milk, No butter!)
The easiest vanilla cake you'll ever make and so moist, delicious and inexpensive too.
Bubby’s Marble Cake
A swirled "marble" cake made with simple pantry staples. Top it with your favorite frosting for an easy, fun dessert!
Easy Carrot Cake
What's not to love about an incredibly moist carrot cake made from scratch with simple ingredients?
Mint Chocolate Crazy Cake
Mint chocolate lovers will be thrilled with this easy dessert!
Snickerdoodle Crazy Cake
This moist cinnamon cake is topped with cinnamon sugar for classic snickerdoodle flavor.
Lemon Depression Cake – No Eggs, Milk or Butter
This luscious lemon cake is topped with a cream cheese frosting. So refreshing and tasty!
Cookies Recipes
No Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Cookies with Oil)
This classic favorite cookie gets a remake with no butter. Still delicious and as crave-worthy as ever!
Super Soft Molasses Cookies
An old-fashioned classic that is soft and chewy in texture. Full of molasses, ginger and cinnamon.
First-Place Coconut Macaroons
Coconut lovers will love this easy, fast cookie recipe!
Chocolate Cookies Without Butter
A chocolate lover's favorite! And so easy too.
Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies Without Butter Recipe
This soft, chewy cookie will subtle cinnamon flavor will have you wanting to make a second batch right away!
Brownie and Bar Recipes
The Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
These easy to make bars are ready in just 20 minutes! They mix up in one bowl and are the perfect combination of sweet and salty.
Easy Homemade Brownies
These fudgy brownies with chocolate chips will have you skipping the store-bought mix because they are just so good!
Chocolate Chip Banana Bars
If you have ripe bananas, this recipe is the perfect, delicious way to use them! These bars are amazingly chewy and moist and are sure to be a hit.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies
The perfect recipe for any peanut butter and chocolate lover! Yum!
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Brownies
The zucchini in these makes them so moist and fudgy- and you'd never guess it was there! One of our favorite ways to use zucchini.
Chewy Blondie Bars
These chewy butterscotch flavored brownies are super quick and easy to mix up. A fun change from the traditional chocolate brownie.
Apple Pie Bars
Everything you love about apple pie just in an easy-to-make bar form
Other Desserts
You'll never guess these moist chocolate muffins are a better-for-you recipe! Easy and delicious.
This recipe is easy to make and tastes like a cinnamon roll in biscuit form. So good!
Don't be fooled, these healthier cinnamon rolls are still delicious and you'll love that they are butter free.
Not only is this dessert eye-catching, it's also lightly sweet, moist and so yummy!
I know some people might not consider a sweet bread dessert, but it's when we eat it in our household, so I'm including it here. This recipe is super delicious and so simple to make, too.
A classic favorite that is always a hit.
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