Brandied Apple Strudel No, I'm not diabetic. My father, however, is. Consequently, when they came over for dinner weekend before last, I wanted to make an appropriate dessert that wasn't going to send him into a diabetic coma. After searching ALL week for something that looked non-cardboard-eque and didn't require meringue of some sort, I found this.Granted, I didn't use the brandy in the recipe and just used water in its place, but this was pretty darn good!! I will probably make it again, … [Read more...]
Pineapple Bliss Cupcakes
Pineapple Bliss Cupcakes I made this as a cake. Don't. I've never tried the pumpkin version of this. After this attempt, I'm not sure I will. The cake was crumbly. VERY crumbly. I mean, it just fell apart in the pan when I was trying to cut it. In all the years of baking cake, from scratch or a box, I've NEVAH had that happen. EVER! It wasn't dry. It was rather good. I didn't make the fluff topping for it. I'm not a fan of fluff. To me, the picture looks like cottage cheese … [Read more...]
Frozen Reese’s Peanut Butter Pie
Frozen Reese’s Peanut Butter Pie They should call this PB Crack Pie. I could eat just the filling with a spoon. I didn't add any of the Reese's minis that it calls for. I wonder if you could just melt some chocolate in the bottom of a pie pan and pour this filling in on top? I'm not sure I liked the graham cracker crumb crust with this pie. Maybe pour melted chocolate into the bottom before pouring the filling in? *shrugs* This was so light. Sooooooooooo yummy!! Tasty, quick, easy, … [Read more...]
Fresh Strawberry Upside Down Cake
Fresh Strawberry Upside Down Cake I'm still trying to figure out what the marshmallows are for. *shrugs* I forget to check to see what type of cake mix I had in the cabinet. It was chocolate, so I made a chocolate version with LF ingredients. I use applesauce in place of the oil and egg beaters instead of eggs. My strawberries were pretty tart and I used SF Jell-O. So, the strawberry topping was tangy. Not too much so that it was unbearable, but it was not what I was expecting. I … [Read more...]
Banoffe “Danger” Pie
Banoffe "Danger" Pie DANGER IS RIGHT! OMG!! *rewinds* So, I knew you could take sweetened condensed milk, simmer it forever and it would turn to caramel, but I wasn't sure about the FF version. Well, it worked and OMG is it AMAZING!! Take the cans, cover with water and boil 2.5 hours. Personally, after having made two cans worth, I would turn them over halfway through. I think it got a little scorched on the bottoms. Or just shorten the amount of time you boil them. Let them cool … [Read more...]
Perfect Couple Pie
Perfect Couple Pie Doesn't this look fantastic?? I was drooling at the pic!! I wasn't, however, drooling at the high fat content. So, I adjusted it. I don't play with RF PB. It just don't act right. Everything else was RF or FF if possible. Oh, and I also don't play with FF cream cheese unless it's mixed with RF in cheesecake. It just doesn't look natural AT ALL! I would TOTALLY make this repeatedly. I would make the filling and eat it with a spoon, if S would let me. LOL It … [Read more...]
No-Bake Fresh Strawberry Pie
No-Bake Fresh Strawberry Pie COOKING LIGHT, MAY 2012 I cheated on the crust and bought an Oreo one. Next time I won't be lazy and make the pie crust. The cream cheese mixture was really thick which made it difficult to fold in the whipped topping. Not sure I got it folded in all the way, but *shrugs*. I used preserves to mix with the strawberries. Might want to go with a low-sugar version is the recipe doesn't call for one, because they were supah sweet!! They also macerated with … [Read more...]
Tropical Banana Cupcakes
Tropical Banana Cupcakes COASTAL LIVING, MARCH 2012 I took this idea and altered it it a bit. I reduced the fat, but I'm not sure by how much. I used Egg Beaters and ICBNB. I didn't include the coconut and used pecans. Then I made a basic cream cheese frosting with RF cream cheese and powdered sugar with about 2 T of ICBNB mixed in. I'm not sure I would say these are "cupcakes." The batter is more like a quick bread batter than a cake batter. I'd call them muffins … [Read more...]
