Sugar Free Deserts
Pear Upside Down Cake – Vegan Gluten Free
Gluten free, dairy & egg free
I heard my sister had made a pear upside down cake last fall from the pears I gave her so I got down to making up my recipe without all the ingredients that would usually go in.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup rice syrup
1 tsp molasses Read the rest of this entry »
Pear Hazelnut Crumble
In the fall I picked so many pears from a friends tree that I had get creative and this is one very yummy result. Read the rest of this entry »
Raw Apricot Coconut Balls
Here is a fun and easy recipe to make. It’s always nice to have a few of these on hand.
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped dried apricots
1 cup sultanas
1 cup fresh orange juice
1 Tbsp. coarsely grated orange rind, preferably organic
1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
3/4 cup chopped raw pecans or walnuts
+ 1/2 cup shredded coconut
Directions:
- Combine apricots, raisins, juice and orange rind in a small bowl.
- Cover and let stand for 1 hour or up to 1 day.
- In a food processor or blender, chop the mixture finely and mix in 1 1/2 cups of coconut and all the pecans or walnuts.
- Form about 1 tablespoon of the mixture into balls, roll in remaining coconut.
- Let stand on parchment paper to dry for 8 hours or overnight.
(Can be stored in airtight containers, each layer on parchment paper, in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.)
This is one of Diana’s 10 Favorite Sweet Healthy Holiday Deserts.
Two others in this group of ten are:
Pumpkin Pudding- Vegan & Gluten free
This tastes great by itself but you can also put it in your favorite pie crust.
Ingredients:
2 cups roasted, pureed pumpkin
1/4 cup almond milk
3 Tbsp Brown rice syrup
1 tsp molasses
1 tsp stevia
1 tsp cinnamon Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Cake – Vegan Gluten Free
Practice Makes Perfect!
It took me FIVE TIMES to get this recipe just right!
All my happy taste testers liked it right away but I knew it could be even better…and the following recipe is.
This is a deeply satisfying cake filled with healthy ingredients. Apples being one of them!
Apple Cake – Vegan Gluten Free (dairy & egg free)
Ingredients:
2 cups fresh apples + 1/2 cup sliced apples for top
1/2 cup vegetable oil Read the rest of this entry »
Coconut Butter Icing
How to make a dairy free and sugar free icing?
Finally I had an idea; it is good and certainly healthier then cups full of icing sugar and butter. And you know what? It tastes good!
Coconut Butter Icing
Ingredients:
1/3 cup Coconut oil
1/3 cup Rice syrup
1/2 cup Almond meal
1 Tbsp Arrowroot powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
- Cream together coconut oil and rice syrup.
- Mix in vanilla, almond meal, and arrowroot.
- Ice cake after it is cool.
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