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Top 10 Delicious Sugar-Free Desserts

Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Jennifer Bailey asked:


When you are looking for sugar free desserts, chances are good that you still want something that tastes sweet, satisfies you, and is easy to make. There are ten great sugar free desserts that you can make quickly and easily for a great end to a meal!

Sugar Free Butterscotch and Pumpkin Pudding

The ingredients you need for this include:

1 pack of sugar free butterscotch pudding mix

1 cup canned or fresh cooked pumpkin

1 1/2 cup low fat milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

And Cool Whip, or Dream Whip

Add all of the ingredients together and pour them into individual pudding containers to set. Then, you can top them with the cool whip and the vanilla.

Sugar-Free Pecan Pie

For this dessert, you will need to have:

1/3 cup of water

2/3 cup of granular fructose

2 packages of sugar free vanilla pudding – don’t use the instant variety

¾ cup evaporated skim milk

2 big eggs

1 pie shell, 9 inch

¼ cup of chopped pecans

½ cup of grape nuts cereal

First, you should preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Then, combine the water and fructose, and simmer them over low heat for 5 minutes. Let them cool.

Mix the dry pudding with the fructose mixture. You can add skim milk and eggs, and blend. Pour the mixture into the pie shell, and sprinkle the top with the Grape Nuts and the pecans. Bake it for 30 minutes.

Old Fashioned Applesauce Cake

For this dessert, you will need the following:

1 cup of flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons cinnamon

½ teaspoon ginger

½ cup reduced calorie margarine

¼ cup molasses

½ cup egg substitute

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup Splenda

1.2 cup unsweetened applesauce

You want to have your oven set at 350 degrees. Then, in a bowl, mix together the cinnamon, baking soda, and ginger with the flour. In another bowl, mix the margarine and molasses with an electric mixer. Add the egg substitute, and the vanilla, and blend on high. Add the rest of the mixture to the bowl, and mix it all together. Then, spread into a pan and bake for 30 minutes.

Sugar Free Key Lime Pie

You can also make a sugar free key lime pie by using Sugar Free Key Lime Pie mixture, mixed with lime juice and water, as well as packets of equal. You can put the mixture into a regular pie crust, and then set the mixture in the refrigerator for several minutes.

Cherry Joy Salad

Cherry Joy Salad is made with cherry gelatin, which is already sugar free. You mix the gelatin and water with cherry pie filling, and pineapple juice. Then, you leave the mixture to set in the refrigerator, and when it is just right, you can top it with cool whip or another type of frosting to your specifications.

Sugar Free Strawberry Pie

A sugar free strawberry pie is very easy for you to make. You make it with sugar free strawberry flavor gelatin, and add strawberries to it. However, the trick is to make the gelatin with Diet Sprite or 7-up instead of water. With a little bit of cornstarch in the mixture, it is also thicker. You can set the mixture in the fridge, and then put it into a regular pie crust, one that you have made yourself or one that you have purchase already made. This type of dessert needs no baking, which makes it even easier to create.

Light Pistachio Dessert

With the following ingredients, you can make light pistachio dessert. It is created in layers, and you’ll want to lay the ingredients in the layers as stated.

First layer

1 8 oz. package fat free cream cheese, softened

1 cup of nonfat sour cream

1 carton (8 oz.) Light cool whip

Second layer:

3 Cups 1% milk

1 package sugar free instant pistachio pudding mix (4 serving size)

You can then top the layers with cool whip or nuts if you would like to.

Light Oatmeal Cookies

It is also easy to turn regular desserts into sugar free desserts. With your favorite Oatmeal cookie recipe, you will be able to make a sugar free dessert. Simply use fructose or another type of sugar substitute, and make sure that you use things like unsalted butter, which will also help to make the cookies just as sweet as they should be.

Sugar Free Pumpkin Pie

You can also make a sugar free pumpkin pie, which is going to be just as tasty as the regular sugared pumpkin pies might be. Again, be sure that you replace the sugar in the pie recipe with high fructose or with another type of sugar substitute.

Sugar Free Pineapple Preserve

If you have plain gelatin, you can add unsweetened pineapple juice as well as a can of crushed pineapple. If you want to add sugar or a sugar substitute you can. Once you’ve made the gelatin and pineapple, you can store it in the fridge to use at a later date.



Dan

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Beginners’ Guide To Baking

Monday, April 20th, 2009
Jackson Sabin asked:


Even if you’ve never baked before, the rewards of home baking are within your reach. Many recipes for baked goods aren’t at all difficult. Plum-Good Coffee Cake is a prime example. The coffee cake is a good way to add more fruit servings to your diet for breakfast, brunch or a late-night snack and, best of all, it’s easy to make.

For success, start by gathering all the ingredients and equipment. Let the butter sit at room temperature until it’s soft. This makes it easier to beat the butter with the sugar so they take in air and form a fluffy, creamy mixture. Adding cold eggs to the creamed butter and sugar could harden the butter again and make the batter curdle. To prevent this, take the eggs out of the refrigerator 20 to 30 minutes before you use them or put them in a bowl of warm water while you’re assembling the other ingredients.

Low speed on the mixer helps keep the flour mixture from flying in the air. Because overbeating the flour could toughen your cake, beat just until the batter is smooth. Use a rubber scraper or spoon to add half of the fruit by hand. Be gentle to avoid crushing the plums.

In about half an hour from the time you pop the pan into the oven, you’ll have a cake you can proudly serve to family and friends. Nobody has to know how simple it was to bake!

Plum-Good Coffee Cake

1 (9-inch) cake or 8 servings

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter,

softened

2/3 cup sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie

spice

1 1/2 cups diced fresh plums

(about 8 oz.)

Confectioners’ sugar,

optional

In small mixing bowl at medium speed, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla until thoroughly blended. Stir together flour, baking powder and spice. Add flour mixture to egg mixture. Beat at low speed until smooth. Fold in 3/4 cup of the plums. Pour into lightly greased 9-inch round cake pan or quiche pan. Top with remaining plums.

Bake in preheated 375 F oven until lightly browned and top springs back when lightly touched with finger, about 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Dust with confectioners’ sugar, if desired. Cut into wedges. Serve warm or cool.

Nutrition information per serving of 1/8 recipe without sugar dusting: 283 calories, 15 g total fat, 137 mg cholesterol, 210 mg sodium, 101 mg potassium, 33 g carbohydrate, 5 g protein and 10% or more of the RDI for vitamin A, riboflavin

Even if you’ve never baked before, the rewards of home baking are within your reach. Many recipes for baked goods aren’t at all difficult. Plum-Good Coffee Cake is a prime example. The coffee cake is a good way to add more fruit servings to your diet for breakfast, brunch or a late-night snack and, best of all, it’s easy to make.

For success, start by gathering all the ingredients and equipment. Let the butter sit at room temperature until it’s soft. This makes it easier to beat the butter with the sugar so they take in air and form a fluffy, creamy mixture. Adding cold eggs to the creamed butter and sugar could harden the butter again and make the batter curdle. To prevent this, take the eggs out of the refrigerator 20 to 30 minutes before you use them or put them in a bowl of warm water while you’re assembling the other ingredients.

Low speed on the mixer helps keep the flour mixture from flying in the air. Because overbeating the flour could toughen your cake, beat just until the batter is smooth. Use a rubber scraper or spoon to add half of the fruit by hand. Be gentle to avoid crushing the plums.

In about half an hour from the time you pop the pan into the oven, you’ll have a cake you can proudly serve to family and friends. Nobody has to know how simple it was to bake!

Plum-Good Coffee Cake

1 (9-inch) cake or 8 servings

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter,

softened

2/3 cup sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie

spice

1 1/2 cups diced fresh plums

(about 8 oz.)

Confectioners’ sugar,

optional

In small mixing bowl at medium speed, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla until thoroughly blended. Stir together flour, baking powder and spice. Add flour mixture to egg mixture. Beat at low speed until smooth. Fold in 3/4 cup of the plums. Pour into lightly greased 9-inch round cake pan or quiche pan. Top with remaining plums.

Bake in preheated 375 F oven until lightly browned and top springs back when lightly touched with finger, about 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Dust with confectioners’ sugar, if desired. Cut into wedges. Serve warm or cool.

Nutrition information per serving of 1/8 recipe without sugar dusting: 283 calories, 15 g total fat, 137 mg cholesterol, 210 mg sodium, 101 mg potassium, 33 g carbohydrate, 5 g protein and 10% or more of the RDI for vitamin A, riboflavin



Oscar

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