Since Ray and I don’t eat refined sugar, I am often modifying refined sugar recipes to accommodate honey, maple syrup or agave syrup alternatives. A tried-and-true recipe that I have perfected over the years is my honey or agave-sweetened banana cream pie, which is a family favorite. However, when Ray recently bought a honey-sweetened lemon…
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“Perfectly Chocolate” Chocolate Cake Recipe w/ Butter Cream Frosting
If you want a foolproof cake for the holidays with a frosting that’ll knock your socks off, then just follow the recipes below. We substitute honey for ours, but I have kept the original white sugar measurements if you would prefer to go that route. The first recipe comes from the back of the Hershey’s…
Best Gingersnap Recipe Ever with an Optional Healthy Twist
Today I modified America’s Test Kitchen’s recipe for gingersnap cookies to fit into my non-refined sugar criteria. That mean basically just substituting white sugar with maple sugar. The results were excellent. The cookies have a real snap and they are filled with freshly ground ginger for a nice little kick. I’m going out on a…
The Perfect Summer Dessert: Honey-Maple Spicy Peach Pie
I made a spicy peach pie this evening. I used maple sugar and honey since I don’t eat refined sugar. However, if you’d like to use regular sugar, just substitute 3/4 cup brown sugar for the maple sugar and honey—the rest of the recipe stays the same. I’ve included pictures of the steps at the…
Greg Patent’s Oatmeal Date Bar Recipe
I love Greg Patent’s cookbook, Baking in America: Traditional and Contemporary Favorites from the Past 200 Years. I made a recipe for maple date bars with lemon zest just a while back, but I will make the recipe below tomorrow. Not only does it call for the zest of a whole orange, but the juice…
5-Star Apple Cake Recipe
This is a tried-and-true recipe for a delicious apple bundt cake. Since Ray and I don’t eat refined sugar, I have added my maple sugar, honey, and maple syrup substitutions. You can follow the original recipe or go with my substitutions. Either way, you’ll produce a moist and delicious apple bundt cake that is perfect…
My Great-Nephew Eli’s Lemon Almond Cookies
Several years ago, my great-nephew Eli, who lives in Salt Lake City, created this delicious and nutritious recipe for a cake-like lemon cookie sweetened with honey or agave. We are headed to SLC now to visit Eli and the rest of our Utah family. We’ll likely make these cookies since they are always perfect in…
5-Star Homemade Baklava Recipe for the Holidays
For years, I made this special treat for my great-niece and great-nephew, my sister Leslie’s grandkids, for Thanksgiving when they came to LA. We cooked up the syrup and constructed this delicious baklava together. This recipe calls for regular sugar, but I have added my tried and true honey and maple sugar ingredients in parentheses…
Perfect Holiday Dessert: Chocolate Eclair Cake
This is one of those recipes that deserves a repost. Here it is. Let me know if you try it. I would love to hear how it worked for you. This recipe comes from America’s Test Kitchen, and even after I modified it to use agave syrup rather than refined sugar, it is still fantastic….
5-Star Recipe for Healthier Chocolate Cupcakes
A while back, daughter Liz shared a recipe that substituted 15 ounces of canned pumpkin puree for all the wet ingredients required in an 18.25 oz. chocolate cake mix. According to the reviews, the pumpkin produced delicious low-fat chocolate cupcakes or cookies. The only problem was that Ray and I don’t eat refined sugar so…
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