Desserts & Sweets without eggnog

Whether you call them donuts or doughnuts or the extra inch on your waistline...donuts can't help but make you smile. Or, make ME smile, and I think we're[...]

Have you heard of Baked ? The bakery in New York and South Carolina? Maybe you've heard of the Baked: New Frontiers in Baking cookbook. Maybe just maybe, if[...]

2 cups (1 pound) cottage cheese 2 tablespoons melted or softened butter 1 cup thin cream or milk 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 tsp grated lemon rind, or 1[...]

Candied pecans: 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1 cup pecan halves, toasted Brownies: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate (54% to 60%[...]

For the crust: 1 cup Original Uncle Sam Cereal ( chopped up fine in food processor) 1 cup graham crackers crumbs 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup crushed pecans 1[...]

    CAKE LAYERS 3/4 c. Boiling water 1/2 c. Unsweetened cocoa pwdr 1 tsp Instant-espresso pwdr 1/2 c. Organic whole lowfat milk or possibly almond lowfat milk[...]

3 whl chocolate graham crackers Nabisco, 6 (2 1/2" x 2 1/2")     made into crumbs 2 1/3 c. part-skim ricotta cheese 4 ounce nonfat cream cheese 1/2[...]

1 tsp Reduced-calorie margarine 6 x Chocolate wafers , crush, or possibly 1/3 c. Chocolate Teddy Grahams, crushed 16 ounce Light cream cheese 1 c. Sugar 1 1/2[...]