Recipe Type: Desserts & Candy
Cookies, cake, pie, desert, candy
Gingerbread Cake
If you like gingerbread cookies, snickerdoodles, and gingersnaps, but do not have the time to make and bake cookies try this easy, moist, spicy Gingerbread Cake that has about 285 calories per 3 oz. (85 g) serving (1/12th cake). Gingerbread Cake, like most cakes, has less fat and less calories per ounce ...
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Easy Homemade Ricotta
Supermarket ricotta cheese available in 15 to 32 ounce containers is usually an inferior cheese in name only compared to ricotta available decades ago in the United States. Like many foods available today, manufacturers have cut corners to cut costs. It only takes two ingredients and an instant read thermometer ...
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Gingersnaps
Recipe Updated 12-12-2020 to add the option for ground cloves. Gingersnaps are a crispy cookie variation of gingerbread, and are ideal for dunking in coffee or liqueurs. One 2-inch (2.5 cm) cookie sprinkled with sugar has about 55 calories and less than 10mg of sodium. Gingersnaps are traditionally rolled in ...
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Almond Butter Cookie Recipe
Almond butter cookies are an alternative to peanut butter cookies. This recipe can be used to make both. You can substitute creamy or chunky peanut butter for the almond butter. If you are allergic to peanuts, carefully check the almond butter label for processing in a plant that also processes peanuts. ...
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Homemade Pastry Flour
All-purpose flour is a common ingredient in the United States for most homemade cakes, cookies, pies, and pastries. The gluten content of all-purpose flour can vary from brand to brand and even from region to region. One bakers success story is an others failure. First, professional bakers measure ingredients by ...
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Macerating Strawberries
Strawberry shortcake is a popular dessert and a healthier alternative to strawberry pies and cheesecake especially if you limit the amount of cake and pile on the berries. Some people classify berries as a superfood. All berries are low in calories and a good source of fiber and other nutrients. A ...
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300 Calorie Fudge Sundae Recipe
Restaurant fudge sundaes can easily add 500 or more calories to your meal. For the average person needing 2,000 to 2,500 calories per day getting 20 to 25 percent of your calories from one dessert means giving up other foods. You don’t have to give up desserts to maintain or lose weight. ...
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Chocolate Mousse
This easy homemade chocolate mousse recipe uses cooked egg yolks and meringue powder to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination from eating raw eggs. Mousse is high in saturated fat due to the chocolate, butter, egg yolks, and heavy cream. One seeing has 19 grams. Enjoy Chocolate Mousse in moderation ...
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Chocolate Candy
Using this recipe and semi-sweet chocolate you can make a variety of chocolate covered nuts, cherries, coconut, peanut butter, and more. Almonds are an excellent source of healthy fat and protein. This recipe can be doubled or tripled. Nutrition Information Nutrition information ranges are lowest for chocolate covered coconut to ...
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Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing are crisp, thin cookies average about 75 calories per cookies without icing and have virtually sodium free when made with unsalted butter. Salted butter adds about 6 mg per cookie. Most cookie recipes call for 1/2 tsp. (2.5 ml) of salt. I normally omit added ...
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