Having found a forgotten bag of large baby carrots I started thinking about what I could do with them. Still got plenty left over, but at least it was a start! I used what I had in the house to whip these up and that meant using pear sauce versus applesauce but that worked just… Continue reading Lower Fat Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Tag: desserts
PB and Jelly Cookies
These were fun to make this afternoon. A small batch of cookies, just enough to cure the sweet tooth! You can use whatever flavor of jam or preserves you have on hand. I used peach preserves as it sounded good, though I am sure strawberry, raspberry or cherry would have been fabulous. PB and Jelly… Continue reading PB and Jelly Cookies
Pumpkin Cranberry Bread Pudding
This was a fun lower calorie option for dessert that I made this past week. It used up a loaf of stale bread so that was a bonus! Pumpkin Cranberry Bread Pudding Ingredients: 1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie mix!) 1 cup packed brown sugar 3 cups dairy milk (low-fat or non fat)… Continue reading Pumpkin Cranberry Bread Pudding
Super Soft Biggy Sugar Cookies with Frosting
This recipe was inspired by the huge sugar cookies sold in Costco and at most coffee houses here in the Pacific Northwest (you know the ones! Bright pink frosting.....) As part of my testing out natural dyes I used organic beet powder to dye the frosting (You can get alrge quantities from Frontier Natural online)… Continue reading Super Soft Biggy Sugar Cookies with Frosting