Desserts

Orange Blossoms

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Citrus 2013 (Professional Taste Award)
From the kitchen of Gaynell Ferguson

Ingredients:

1 (18 1/2 ounce) package orange cake mix
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
4 large eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil

Glaze

4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/3 cup water
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 -2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

  1. Mix all ingredients and pour into mini muffin pans sprayed with nonstick vegetable oil. Bake in a preheated oven 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
  2. For the glaze, mix all the ingredients until smooth. Dip top of cupcakes in glaze and set on wire or wax paper to dry. Makes 8 dozen mini muffins!

Zucchini Meyer Lemon Muffins

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Ingredients:

4 large egg whites
1 large egg
3 cups of whole Wheat flour or Coconut flour
2 tsp. Cinnamon
¼ cup Apple sauce
2 Tbs. Butter Spread
¼ cup grapeseed oil
2 cups of well grated zucchini
1 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Sea salt
The juice from 2 fresh squeezed DANDY Meyer Lemons

Directions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F
  2. Coat muffin tin with cooking spray
  3. Stir together all of your dry ingredients: Flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt.
  4. Whisk together eggs, applesauce, grapeseed oil, lemon juice until smoothe.  Add 2 cups of Zucchini
  5. Combine wet and dry ingredients together.
  6. Pour into muffin pan, fill ¾ of the way
  7. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes

Whole Wheat Belgian Waffles topped with Clementine Compote

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Ingredients:

1 Large egg, 5 egg whites
2 Tbs. Oil based butter spread
2 Tbs. Low-Fat Milk
3 Tbs. Water
¼ cup whole wheat flour
¼ tsp. Sea salt
1 tsp. Cinnamon
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
½ tsp. Baking powder

Directions:

  1. Preheat waffle iron.
  2. Lightly mix together eggs, butter spread, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, water
  3. Add Flour and baking powder well until all lumps are blended.
  4. If too thick add 1-2 more Tbs. Of water or milk.
  5. Pour into waffle iron takes approximately 2-3 minutes to cook.

 Clementine Compote

1.5  cups of frozen cranberries
2 medium DANDY red grapefruits, peeled and sectioned
1 tsp. Ground cinnamon
½ tsp. Ground nutmeg
½ cup of fresh squeezed DANDY clementine juice
Zest from 1 DANDY clementine

Directions:

  1. Place all of the ingredients into a saucepan, medium to high heat 10 minutes

Healthy Apple and Cranberry Pie

Friday, December 7th, 2012

Frozen whole grain or wheat deep dish pie crust (prepare as directed)
3 pounds sliced Red Delicious & Granny Smith apples (can peel or leave skin on for texture or even do half & half)
½ cup raw cranberries
2 Tbs Stevia
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Nutmeg
1 tsp. Wheat flour
Pinch of Salt
1 tsp. Butter

Directions:

  1. Mix all of your ingredients together and place inside of your pie shell

Topping

1.5 Tbs dry Oatmeal
2 tsp. Brown sugar
1 tsp. Wheat flour

Directions:

  1. Place in 425 preheated oven for 40-50 minutes
  2. Cover crust with foil