Low calorie desserts

Low calorie desserts are great for losing weight because we all need something sweet to eat every now and then.  When we limit sweets to the extreme, we may find ourselves binging on sweets whenever we do get a taste.  Here are some of my favorite low calorie desserts.

Lemon Bars

150 calories per serving
Makes 24 bars

1 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1.5 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup quick coking oats
8 oz light cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 tsp grated lemon peel

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat together shortening and brown sugar.  Add flour, baking powder, and cinnamon.  Stir in oats.  Reserve 1 1/2 cups oat mixture.  Press remaining oat mixture onto bottom of greased 13 x 9 inch pan.  Beat cream cheese with sugar, juice, and peel.  Pour over oat mixture.  Sprinkle with remaining mixture.  Bake about 30 minutes.

Apple Nut Cookies

75 calories per serving
Makes 14 cookies

1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 tsp allspice
4 tbs shortening
3 tbs brown sugar
1 apple, cored and chopped
3 tbs walnuts
1 egg white

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Mix together oats, allspice and shortening.  Add brown sugar, apple, walnuts and egg white.  Stir.  Form 14 balls.  Arrange on nonstick baking pan.  Flatten slightly.  Bake for 10 minutes.

Biscotti

65 calories per serving
Makes 24 servings

3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
5 tbs shortening
2/3 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tbs lemon juice
1 cup currants
3/4 cup dried apricots

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine flour and baking powder.  Set aside.  Cream together shortening and sugar.  Beat eggs.  Add lemon juice.  Add dry ingredients.  Add currants and apricots.  Divide and shape dough into 2 loaves.  Bake 30 minutes.

Skim Milk Custard

90 calories per serving
Makes 4 servings

2 cups cold skim milk
1 tbs unflavored gelatin
1 tbs sugar
1 tsp almond extract

Pour milk into saucepan and sprinkle gelatin in.  Let stand 5 minutes.  Stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved.  Stir in sugar and cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat and stir in extract.  Pour into 4 ramekins and chill until set.

Fruit Skewers with Mango Puree

80 calories per serving
Makes 4 servings

1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted, and chopped
1 tbs lime juice
1/2 pineapple, cored
1 papaya, peeled and seeded
2 kiwi, peeled and quartered

Place mango and lime juice in a food processor and blend.  Cut pineapple and papaya into bite sized chunks and thread on skewer with kiwi.  To serve, spoon a little mango puree on four plates.  Place cooked skewer on top.

Blueberry Cake

125 calories per serving
Makes 15 servings

1 cup frozen blueberries, thawed
1 1/2 tbs sugar
2 tbs butter
2 tbs corn syrup
1/2 cup egg substitute
2 tsp almond extract
3 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 cups nonfat sour cream
1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp skim milk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Spray bundt pan with nonfat cooking spray.  Blend blueberries and sugar until smooth, set aside. In a medium bowl, combine margarine, corn syrup, egg substitute, and 1 tsp almond extract.  Add flour, baking soda, and sour cream.  Combine 3/4 cup batter with blueberry mixture.  Spread 2/3 of batter into pan, top with blueberry mix.  Finish with remaining batter.  Bake 40 minutes.  Combine powdered sugar, 1 tsp almond extract and skim milk.  Drizzle over cooled cake.

Cheesecake Cups

129 calories per serving
Makes 8 servings

1 quart low fat yogurt
3 tbs sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
2 slices pumpernickel bread
2 tbs honey
1 cup mandarin orange sections

Strain yogurt and refrigerate 4 hours.  Stir in lemon juice and sugar.  Refrigerate another 4 hours.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Toast bread, crumble and add honey.  Press into bottom of 8 cups to make crust.  Cover with yogurt mixture.  Add  couple of orange section on top.

These are some of my favorite, yummy, low calorie desserts!

 

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