I can't call these Fancy Pistachio Apricot Rice Krispie Treats granola bars. Chewy yes, has granola yes, but just not like all the other "granola bar" recipes. … [Read more...]
Low Fat Chocolate Cheesecake
I...have a confession to make. *wrings hands* I'm not quite sure how to tell y'all this but. *sigh* I AM AN ANIMAL MURDERER! There! I said it! It's out in the open. I have killed dozens of animals! No, I don't know how I sleep at night or how I can live with myself. I killed dozens of animals just making this cheesecake alone! *giggles* Animal CRACKERS that is. I couldn't honestly hurt a fly...spider maybe, but fly probably … [Read more...]
Chocolate Banana Upside Down Cake
Okay...so I can't take credit for the idea or even the basic cake recipe. But, I made several changes to the original recipe I found (here) that it's kind of NOT the same anymore? *shrugs* And not to mention the changes I'm going to make at some point in time at a later date that's undefined at this moment in time. Man...could I be more vague? I have a few projects up my sleeve but no gumption to actually complete them. Maybe Sunday I will do one of the … [Read more...]
Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Cheesecake Recipe
Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Cheesecake Recipe I wanted to make a peanut butter cheesecake, so I searched and found this one. I used RF cream cheese and egg beaters instead of the full fat stuff. I used the Planters peanut butter. I find it has the best taste of all that are out there...and being the PB snob that I am, *I* should know. *snort* Eating it tonight, I'm thinking it needs more sugar. The tartness of the cream cheese comes through too much. … [Read more...]
Cream Cheese Brownies
Cream Cheese Brownies COOKING LIGHT, MAY 2002It's always good to have a can of fat free, sweetened condensed milk in the pantry. If you do, you can make nummy goodness like these brownies. I read the recipe wrong and melted the butter. Oops. I whipped the butter and sugar for a bit longer to get some air into it. The batter was quite thick. I had difficulty spreading it into the bottom of the pan. Not sure if that was from my faux pas or not. … [Read more...]
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake From EatingWell: The EatingWell Diabetes Cookbook (2005) Saturday night conversation with S. S: Do we have any chocolate? Me: No, but we could make something. S: Like what? Me: Well, there's this One-Bowl Chocolate Cake recipe I was going to try. S: Don't you always make it in one bowl? Me: *chuckles on the way to the kitchen* So there we were at 8:30 whipping up this chocolate cake. Luckily enough, I happen to have whole-wheat pastry flour. … [Read more...]
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Red Velvet Cupcakes COOKING LIGHT, DECEMBER 2011 O.M.G!!!! These are DELISH! So, me, in my infinite wisdom, decided to start these right around dinner time. Yeah...not to bright. There's not HUGE amounts of counter space in this apartment and, well, every inch was being used when S was trying to shred the chicken for the Mexican casserole. LOL Picture this...a stand mixer, mixing bowl with egg whites, measuring cups and spoons, muffin tins, cooling … [Read more...]
Rich Chocolate Babka
Rich Chocolate Babka COOKING LIGHT, NOVEMBER 2011 Chocolate and bread...how can you NOT want to make this? I mean...look at that picture! I just want to scarf the whole loaf like a fat chick!!I got a wild hair and made these and the Real Bagels from the same issue. Don't ask me what possessed me to bake bread that day, but I did. *shrugs* The timing wasn't the best for these two recipes. I think the bagels suffered. They should have cooked a little … [Read more...]