8 Ingredient or Less Recipes

Over 80 recipes with a short ingredient list!

When I was baking Christmas cookies this past holiday season, I leaned toward recipes with fewer ingredients. Busy working, chasing my daughter around, and cleaning up after her (welcome to toddlerhood!!)… I was strapped on time, as most of us always are! So, for the sake of convenience and avoiding extra trips to the grocery, I made multiple batches of 4 ingredient peanut butter fudge, 5 ingredient macaroons, and lace cookies. After that, I scrolled back through my archives and found over 80 8 ingredient or less recipes.

I thought you would appreciate this too! I didn’t include drinks or frostings as most have less than 8 ingredients. As my blog is mostly baking, dessert recipes are prevalent!

*Pictured above: 130 Calorie Greek Yogurt Pineapple Bars

8 Ingredient Recipes

Dessert

• No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Snowballs (GF if using GF oats)


• Seriously Fudgy Homemade Brownies


• Creamy Small Batch Cheesecake


• Peanut Butter Lava Cakes


• Drop Sugar Cookies


• Banoffee Pie


• Classic Cheesecake


• Lemon Berry Trifle


• Ice Cream Cake


• Ultimate Skillet Brownie (9 with salt as ingredient)


• Brown Butter Sugar Cookies


• Salted Chocolate Pistachio Shortbread


• Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (9 with salt as ingredient)


• Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies


• Chocolate Coconut Almond Tart (GF)


• Quick & Easy Honey Pear Tart


• Pumpkin Spice Toffee (GF)


• Sea Salt Vanilla Caramels (9 with salt as ingredient; GF)


• 130 Calorie Greek Yogurt Pineapple Bars


• 130 Calorie Greek Yogurt Lemon Bars

Dinner

• Homemade Ham & Cheese Pockets


• Easy Bruschetta Chicken (GF)


• Sweet Chili Chicken (not counting water or optional garnish; GF)


• Baked Lemon Herb Salmon (9 with salt as ingredient; GF)


• Baked Pecan Crusted Chicken Fingers


• Easy Coconut Shrimp

Bread & Breakfast

• Soft Pretzel Rolls


• Irish Soda Bread


• Homemade Cinnamon Swirl Bread


• Homemade Bagels


• Whole Wheat Waffles (9 with salt as ingredient)


• Breakfast Cookies (9 with salt as ingredient; GF if using GF oats)


• Maple Almond Cranberry Granola (GF if using GF oats)


• Vanilla Almond Granola (GF if using GF oats)


• Lots of healthy bars have 8 or less: Chocolate Cherry Almond Snack Bars, Cashew Coconut Snack Bars, Vanilla Almond Snack Bars, Blueberry Almond Snack Bars (GF)

7 Ingredient Recipes

Dessert

• No-Bake S’mores Cake


• Key Lime Pies


• Lemon Bars


• Flourless Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies (GF)


• Chocolate Lava Cakes


• Berries ‘n’ Cream Icebox Cake


• My Favorite Spritz Cookies


• Funfetti Buttercreams (GF)


• Healthy Dark Chocolate Almond Truffles (GF)


• Grandma’s Caramel Corn (GF)


• Flourless Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (GF if using GF oats)


• For the dogs! Soft Peanut Butter Carrot Dog Treats

Dinner

• 20 Minute Honey Garlic Shrimp


• Honey Chipotle Salmon

Bread & Breakfast

• Crusty Cranberry Nut No Knead Bread


• Easy Homemade Soft Pretzels


• Soft Dinner Rolls


• Homemade Bread Bowls


• Homemade Croissants


• Honey Roasted Peanut Butter Granola (GF if using GF oats)

6 Ingredient Recipes

Dessert

• French Macarons (GF)


• Lace Cookies (GF)


• Brownie Baked Alaska


• Brown Sugar Shortbread


• Lemon Curd (GF)


• Homemade Creme Brûlée (GF)


• Easy Saltine Toffee


• Peanut Butter Caramel Corn (GF)

Dinner

• Maple Sesame Salmon


• Garlic Honey Ginger Glazed Salmon with Broccoli


• Loaded Sweet Potato Skins (GF)

Bread & Breakfast

• Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits


• No Knead Jalapeño Cheddar Bread

5 Ingredient or Less Recipes

All dessert. 🙂

• Pavlova (not including whipped cream; GF)


• White Chocolate Caramel Cashew Clusters (GF)


• Coconut Macaroons (GF)


• Salted Caramel (GF)


• Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters (GF)


• Greek Yogurt Fruit Tart (GF)


• Peanut Butter Fudge (GF)


• Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Almonds (GF)


• Strawberry Cheesecake Truffles


• Creamy Lemon Popsicles or Blueberry Swirl Yogurt Popsicles (GF)


• Snowball Cookies


• Maple Vanilla Baked Pears (GF)


• Peppermint Bark (GF)

PS: My assistants and I are going through each and making recipe categories based on # of ingredients. Check back for that!

GF = gluten free recipe.

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