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1/2 cup cream cheese
3/4 cup confectioners Swerve
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp extract (orange/lemon/vanilla/almond)
1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
2 cups blanched almond flour
1/4 cup coconut flour
Crushed pecans
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. In a large bowl, cream the butter and the cream cheese for 1 minute. Add the natural sweetener and the baking powder and continue mixing until creamy. Add the egg, extract and salt and mix again. Stir in the flours, drop the dough onto a greased piece of parchment, roll into a log about 2 inches in diameter. Roll the log in the crushed nuts and then wrap each in a piece of parchment and chill in the fridge for 30-60 minutes. Remove the parchment and cut the log into 1 centimeter thick cookies. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes. Makes 24 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Cookies = 159 calories, 10g fat, 2.8g protein, 23.6g carbs, 0.6g fiber (23 effective carbs)
"Healthified" Cookies = 115 calories, 10g fat, 2.8g protein, 2.8g carbs, 1.4g fiber (1.4 effective carbs)
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Best Christmas Cookies and Sweeteners
If you are wondering why I use the sweeteners that I do, please listen to this great podcast of a Doctor discussing why these sweeteners are a better choice that honey, coconut sugar or maple syrup,
click HERE to listen.
Sweetener Tips
My recipes will call for Swerve or erythritol and stevia glycerite. In any recipe you can use Swerve, ZSweet, Truvia, Organic Zero, Xylitol or Just Like Sugar. In order to use a different product, use the same amount of sweetener for the amount of erythritol in the recipe and omit the stevia (except for Organic Zero, that is only erythritol and you will still need stevia for sweetness).
1 cup erythritol and 1 tsp stevia = 1 cup Swerve (measures cup for cup like sugar)
1 cup erythritol and 1 tsp stevia = 1 cup ZSweet
1 cup erythritol and 1 tsp stevia = 1 cup Xylitol
1 cup erythritol and 1 tsp stevia = 1 cup Just Like Sugar
1 cup erythritol and 1 tsp stevia = 1 cup Organic Zero and 1 tsp stevia
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Glycemic Index of Sweeteners
Stevia Glycerite = 0
Erythritol = 0
SWERVE/ZSWEET = 0
JUST LIKE SUGAR = 0
Xylitol = 7
Maple Syrup = 54
Honey = 62
Table Sugar = 68
High Fructose Corn Syrup = 100
NOTE: If a recipe calls for Just Like Sugar, the final product will not be the same if you substitute a different sweetener, for example, ice cream will not be soft if you use all erythritol instead of Just Like Sugar.
To find natural sweeteners that don't impact blood sugar, click HERE.
"HEALTHIFIED" CHRISTMAS COOKIES
1/2 cup butter1/2 cup cream cheese
3/4 cup confectioners Swerve
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp extract (orange/lemon/vanilla/almond)
1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
2 cups blanched almond flour
1/4 cup coconut flour
Crushed pecans
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. In a large bowl, cream the butter and the cream cheese for 1 minute. Add the natural sweetener and the baking powder and continue mixing until creamy. Add the egg, extract and salt and mix again. Stir in the flours, drop the dough onto a greased piece of parchment, roll into a log about 2 inches in diameter. Roll the log in the crushed nuts and then wrap each in a piece of parchment and chill in the fridge for 30-60 minutes. Remove the parchment and cut the log into 1 centimeter thick cookies. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes. Makes 24 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Cookies = 159 calories, 10g fat, 2.8g protein, 23.6g carbs, 0.6g fiber (23 effective carbs)
"Healthified" Cookies = 115 calories, 10g fat, 2.8g protein, 2.8g carbs, 1.4g fiber (1.4 effective carbs)
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For every molecule of sugar we ingest, our bodies uses 54 molecules of magnesium to process it! No matter where the carbohydrates come from; 4 grams of carbohydrates equal one teaspoon of sugar in our body. Let me say that again?4 grams of carbohydrates...
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Really!? This box of cereal gets a "Healthy Whole Grain and Calcium" check of approval? I hate marketing! All I read is corn, sugar, unhealthy fats and artificial coloring! Ingredients: Whole Grain Corn, Corn Meal, Sugar, Marshmallows (Sugar, Dextrose,...
- Turtle Cheesecake
Today is our 10th anniversary! The special ingredient in this recipe is SWERVE. You can find it if you click HERE. I use it for making caramel (erythritol doesn't melt so it won't work) and I use it for ice cream because unlike plain erythritol,...
- Ice Cream Sandwiches And "heathy Choice" Facts
Who could use a little cooling off? I know I could! Try this recipe and shave off over 30 grams of sugar! A traditional Ice Cream sandwich has 200 calories and over 40 carbohydrates. Not to mention the TRANS-Fat and other scary ingredients in the HEALTHY...
- Creamy Rhubarb Pie
1 1/4 cup Swerve (OR erythritol) 2 tsp stevia glycerite (omit if using Swerve) 8 oz cream cheese or coconut cream 2 eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt 3 cups chopped fresh rhubarb Pie Shell: 2 cups blanched almond flour 4...