So Fat Low Fat No Fat Desserts - Softcover

Rohde, Betty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684835266 ISBN 13: 9780684835266

Publisher: Fireside, 1998

Synopsis

GIVE IN TO SWEET TEMPTATION! Betty Rohde has transformed cooking styles across the country with her bestselling books. In So Fat, Low Fat, No Fat Desserts, she offers more than 160 luscious recipes for desserts, sweets, and snacks so delicious and satisfying you'll never believe that they're low- or no-fat. Here are guilt-free versions of America's favorite desserts, like Triple Chocolate Brownies, Lemon Pound Cake, Hot Fudge Sundae Pudding Cake, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, and Cherry Crisp. Get your day off to a sweet start with Cinnamon Rolls or Make-Ahead Refrigerator Muffins, and try a piece of Spiced Snack Cake with Apple Cider Sauce or Pecan Pie Surprise Bars with a cup of afternoon tea. Cherry Wine Cake or Frozen Strawberry Pie is the perfect end to a special dinner, while Autumn Pumpkin Cake with Harvest Moon Frosting or a Frosted Fruit Gel lends a festive touch to a holiday table. And don't forget to fill the cookie jar with Cinnamon Sugar Drop, Quick Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal, or German Chocolate Drop Cookies! Now you can indulge yourself, your family, and your friends whenever the mood strikes, without worrying about calories or cholesterol.

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Review

You can eat low fat and not skip desserts with Betty Rohde's So Fat, Low Fat, No Fat Desserts, a collection of 180 low-fat and fat-free desserts. All are made with low-fat versions of common ingredients that you can find in your pantry or supermarket, such as fat-free margarine, egg substitute, light or fat-free cream cheese, and fat-free milk. Each recipe includes fat grams (but not total calories) and cooking time. Many recipes start with prepared mixes, making them quick and easy to prepare. For example, Pumpkin Puff Cake combines canned pumpkin-pie filling and angel-food cake mix, topped with a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, canned pumpkin, powdered sugar, instant vanilla pudding, and fat-free whipped topping. Total preparation and cooking time: 32 minutes. Fat grams: 0. "Hot Fudge Sundae Pudding Cake" has only 3 grams of fat in the entire cake--the "hot fudge" is brown sugar and cocoa. The most unusual recipe is "Faux Coconut Chocolate Cake"--the magic ingredient is sauerkraut!

Rohde shares her tips for modifying a high-fat dessert recipe: substitute cocoa for baking chocolate; add instant pudding mix to fat-free cream cheese for nonrunny frosting; substitute applesauce for oil; and keep fat-free frozen whipped topping on hand to thicken, thin, "fluff, puff, and stuff." --Joan Price

About the Author

Betty Rohde's doctor told her she was a "walking time bomb," with a cholesterol level of 274 and triglycerides of 678. She adopted a healthier lifestyle and diet, and using lower-fat versions of her favorite recipes, she lost 86 pounds and has kept the weight off. Betty and her husband live in Gore, Oklahoma.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fireside
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0684835266
• ISBN 13: 9780684835266
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256