Delicious Cinnamon Rolls For Diabetics

Diabetics still long for such simple sweets as a good cinnamon roll and a cup of coffee. With this recipe for Diabetic Cinnamon Rolls, it is possible for diabetics to enjoy this treat without guilt. So get out the cinnamon and other ingredients and whip out a batch of these tasty treats today!

CINNAMON ROLLS

4 cups all-purpose flour, divided

1 pkg dry yeast

1/3 cup less 1 tbsp Splenda granular

1 tbsp sugar

1 cup milk

1/3 cup + 3 tbsp butter, divided

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

nonstick cooking spray

1/2 cup Splenda granular

2 tsp ground cinnamon

3/4 cup raisins

Combine 2 cups flour, yeast, and 1 1/4 teaspoons of the sugar in a large bowl; set aside.

Combine milk, the 1/3 cup butter, and salt in a small saucepan; heat until the mixture reaches 120 to 130 degrees. Add liquid mixture to the flour mixture. Add eggs and beat at low-speed of electric mixer for 1/2 minute. Increase speed to high; beat 3 minutes. Gradually add remaining 2 cups flour, stirring to make a stiff dough. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. This should take about 8 to 10 minutes. Shape dough into a ball and place in a bowl that has been sprayed with the cooking spray. Turn to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, for about an hour or until doubled in size. Punch dough down then divide in half. Cover and let rest 10 minutes. Roll one half of dough to a 12 x 8-inch rectangle.

Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter over low heat; brush half of melted margarine over shaped dough. Combine cinnamon and 2 teaspoons Splenda, stirring to blend; sprinkle half over shaped dough. Sprinkle with half the raisins. Roll up jellyroll fashion, beginning at long side; press edges and ends together securely. Cut into 12 slices. Arrange slices in a 9-inch round baking pan coated with cooking spray. Repeat process with remaining dough, melted butter, Splenda mixture, and raisins. Cover and let rise in a warm place 30 minutes or until doubled in size. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly, remove from pans, and serve warm.

Enjoy!

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Deni Ice Cream Maker - A Delicious Way to Enjoy a Healthier Treat

If you love ice cream, you probably also realize that it can be expensive and inconvenient to visit the ice cream shop every time you want to enjoy some . You might also realize that the kind you buy at the store often contains chemicals and artificial ingredients, and you might have a desire for more natural ingredients. If you own a Deni ice cream maker, you will be able to make your own, so that you can enjoy it whenever you want. You will also be in complete control of the ingredients that go into your delicious treat.

Many people do not make homemade ice cream because of the inconvenience of the cranking, and the mess of the ice and salt. With a Deni ice cream maker, you will not have any of these problems. These powerful machines are automatic, with no need to crank. They utilize a gel canister instead of the salt and ice. All you do is freeze the gel canister for 8 hours, and you are ready to make a batch of delicious homemade ice cream for you and your family to enjoy.

They can also be easy to store, with the lid fitting compactly on top. There is a hidden storage compartment for the cord, and it has non-slip rubber feet for safe operation.

You can of course use the machine to create a traditional creamy rich treat. However, there are many other delicious delicacies you can make with it as well. You might prefer to make a low-fat version instead of the full fat variety. You might also prefer to make frozen yogurts, in flavors of your choosing. They are easily used to make healthy snacks and treats such as sorbets, sherbets, and ices, using natural fruits and juices. These treats are not only delicious, but healthy as well.

You can also use them for frozen drinks. Frozen daiquiris, frozen margaritas, and pina coladas are favorites that are easily made with this ice cream maker, in either alcoholic or non-alcoholic versions. These types of frozen drinks are so easy to make that you will be able to enjoy them more often.

You have a number of different models to choose from when purchasing a Deni ice cream maker. You can make scoopable, or choose a model that specializes in creating soft serve yummy ice cream treats. It is easy to make  cones and sundaes with the very popular Deni soft serve ice cream maker. It is just like going to your favorite soft serve stand, only you have the satisfaction of knowing that yours is always fresh, and contains only natural and wholesome ingredients.

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Mexican Dessert Recipes - Delicious Desserts

When you think of Mexican food, you probably think of tacos, burritos, and chips and salsa. Possibly you think of a cold margarita, beer, or iced tea. However, do you think about what you will enjoy for dessert? Believe it or not, there are a lot of great Mexican dessert recipes out there! One of the most popular Mexican desserts is the empanada. You combine butter, cream cheese, and flour to make a ball of dough. After refrigerating the dough overnight, you form it into "rounds" and add a spoonful of fruit preserves to the center of each one. Then, you bake them for about fifteen minutes. When they are finished baking, roll them in cinnamon sugar. They are yummy!

If you enjoy enchiladas, you are sure to like the next Mexican dessert recipe. Apple enchiladas can be served hot with vanilla ice cream. To make the enchiladas, fill tortillas with canned apple pie filling. Then you will prepare a sauce on the stovetop, make from butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and water. Pour the sauce over the enchiladas, and bake them in the oven for about twenty minutes. Then enjoy!

Flan is a classic Mexican dessert that is served in most Mexican restaurants. Not everyone likes it, but when it is prepared correctly, it can be really great. One caveat before making flan: you will need ramekins to bake the flans in, so purchase them before you get started! You will cook sugar in a saucepan until it is caramelized, and then pour some into each ramekin. Then mix together several eggs, sugar, evaporated milk, and vanilla. Pour the custard mix into the ramekins. Bake it in a water bath until an inserted knife comes out clean, about forty-five minutes. You may either enjoy it warm or chilled.

Sopapillas are similar to empanadas but they are fried. You make dough from flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, and water. Then you form the dough into small balls and fry them in vegetable oil. Drain the sopapillas well, and then sprinkle them with honey and/or powdered sugar. See, Mexican dessert recipes are plentiful and easy!

If you enjoy margaritas, you will love Margarita Cake! The cake is a Bundt-style cake made from orange cake mix, vanilla pudding, eggs, oil, water, lemon juice, triple sec, and tequila. While your cake is baking, prepare the delicious glaze for the top! Combine confectioners' sugar, tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Pour the glaze over the top of the cake while it is still warm.

As you can tell, there are Mexican food is not just about tacos and salsa! There are many easy and delicious Mexican desserts that will add a sweet end to your meal.

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Recipes For Easy and Delicious Frozen Pies

Frozen pies are always a great treat. But as we head into Spring and Summer, these delicious cold pies become even more of a hit. Here are a couple of great recipes that are easy to make, taste delicious, and make a lovely presentation to impress your family and/or guests. Try either Toffee Bar Crunch Pie or Granny's Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pie. Oh why not just try them both!

TOFFEE BAR CRUNCH PIE

1/3 cup caramel dessert topping
1 1/2 cups cold milk
1 pkg (4-serving size) Vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling
1 tub (8-oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed
6 bars (1.4-oz each) chocolate-covered English toffee, chopped
1 Graham Cracker Pie Crust

Spread the dessert topping on bottom of the graham cracker crust. Pour milk into a large bowl and add pudding mix. Beat mixture with a wire whisk for 2 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in the whipped topping and chopped toffee bars. Spoon mixture into the crust. Freeze for 4 hours or until set. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes before cutting. Store any leftover pie in the freezer.

GRANNY'S CHOCOLATE CHIP ICE CREAM PIE
Note: This pie needs to freeze approximately one hour before serving!

1/2 cup chocolate syrup
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
2 cups crispy rice cereal
1/4 cup sour cream
1 quart chocolate chip ice cream, softened

Lightly spray the bottom of sides of a 9-inch pie plate with butter-flavored nonstick cooking spray; set aside.

In a small microwave-safe bowl combine the chocolate syrup with the chocolate chips. Microwave on high about 45 seconds or until hot. Stir until all the chips have melted and the mixture is smooth. Reserve 1/4 cup of the mixture.

In a medium bowl combine the remaining chocolate mixture with the crispy rice cereal and mix well to coat all the cereal with chocolate. Press the mixture onto the bottom and sides of the pie plate to form a crust. Put in the freezer until the crust is firm. This should take about 15 minutes. Allow ice cream to soften during this time.

In a small bowl combine the reserved chocolate mixture and the sour cream; mix well.

Spread half of the ice cream in the prepared pie shell. Drizzle half the sour cream mixture over the ice cream in the crust. Top with the remaining half of the ice cream and drizzle with the remaining sour cream mixture. Cover and freeze for about an hour or until firm.

Enjoy!

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Delicious Chocolate Mocha Almond Homemade Ice Cream

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Homemade old-fashioned ice cream, what could be better? I remember being much younger and my mom making vanilla ice cream using rock salt, ice and an electric ice cream maker. It would come out of the ice cream maker soft and soupy. I don't remember the ice cream ever actually making it to the freezer, as my brother and I would eat it as soon as it was ready from the ice cream maker.

Being older now, I still enjoy vanilla as much as the next person, but love many new flavors such as this chocolate mocha almond ice cream recipe. I hope you will as well.

1 Cup whole milk

5/8 Cup granulated sugar

8 Ounces milk chocolate chips

2 Cup heavy cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ teaspoon almond extract

2 Tablespoons Coffee concentrate syrup (can instead use cold coffee or instant espresso)

Heat the whole milk until it is just bubbling around the edges (this can be done on the stovetop or in the microwave). In a blender or food processor fitted with a metal blade, pulse to process the sugar with the chocolate until the chocolate is very finely chopped. Add the hot milk; process until well blended and smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl and let the chocolate mixture cool completely. Stir in the heavy cream, vanilla and almond extract. Cover, refrigerate, and chill for 2 hours longer.

Following the directions on your ice cream maker, pour the mixture into the container and let mix until thick, about 20-25 minutes. Can be enjoyed immediately or if you want a firmer ice cream, transfer into an airtight freezer container and place in the freezer at least 2 hours.

***This recipe is for a 1-½ quart ice cream maker container. Do not double this recipe, as the mixture will expand while it is being stirred in the ice cream maker.

This is a very smooth and silky chocolate ice cream recipe that would be perfect with another dose of chocolate sauce drizzled on top and sprinkled with sliced almonds. Happy eating!

Incredibly Delicious Italian Dessert Recipes For Dessert Lovers

In the history of desserts, famous Italian dessert recipes definitely stand out. Italian desserts range in flavor from bitter to sweet and they go nicely with a glass of wine. In Italy, the locals are just as likely to eat a piece of fruit for dessert as an indulgent, creamy confection.

If you have visited an Italian bakery, you will have seen many different varieties of cookies and biscotti. The Italians like to dunk their biscotti in red wine. A lot of Italian cookies are sweet but not excessively so and light glazes often provide most of the flavoring. Nuts or candied fruit are often added too. Biscotti might be very popular in the United States but in Italy hard, slightly sweet twice baked cookies are more popular. They are baked twice to remove as much moisture as possible, which makes the cookies dry, crumbly, and hard.

Which is the Most Famous Italian Dessert?

Tiramisu is thought to have originated in Siena. Duke Cosimo de Medici enjoyed it so much that it spread around the world with Italian immigrants. Tiramisu is a delicious combination of lady finger cookies, liquor, espresso, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, and eggs.

The best known Italian cake has to be panettone, which is from Milan. Boxes of this cake can be found in cafes and Italian bakeries during the holiday season all over the world. The fluffy panettone dough is flavored with raisins and candied fruit pieces and the cake is shaped like a dome. Italians enjoy panettone with zabaglione custard or mascarpone cheese and a glass of liqueur or dessert wine.

Perhaps you have tried Italian gelato. This is ice cream made with milk, sugar and flavoring. Sometimes it contains eggs and cream. Gelato is churned less than regular ice cream, making it less airy and more dense. Italian desserts are best eaten in moderation because a lot of them are very rich. If you find a lot of Italian desserts heavenly but a bit too rich, why not make your own and change the ingredients to tone them down a bit?

Using Jello in Italian Dessert Recipes

Gelato is a great candidate for experimentation with jello. Italian ice cream is nearly free of air, which makes it dense and super heavy. By combining gelato, boiling water, and jello powder, you can create a deliciously light dessert with a nice texture and any jello flavor you like. You can use sugar free jello to halve the calories because half the dessert is jello and the sugar free kind is also calorie free.

If you happen to own an ice cream machine, you can make gelato with kool aid and jello, which tastes great and makes a refreshing dessert on balmy summer evenings. Jello goes with a lot of ingredients, with fruit trifle being a great example.

Jello also goes nicely with fruit pieces, with custard or zabaglione or with chocolate. In fact, it is one of the most versatile dessert ingredients you can get and it is great for making Italian dessert recipes lighter. Dessert making is a creative process and you might feel like making a rich, luxurious tiramisu one day and healthier layer jello recipes the next.

Systm 101: Turn Liquid Nitrogen Into Delicious Ice Cream ...

It's been super hot this week in San Francisco, which has the Systm crew thinking of home made ice cream, but using Liquid Nitrogen instead of a boring old ice cream maker!



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English Scones - Delicious English Scones Recipe

You will need:

- 2 cups all purpose flour

- 6 tbs. sugar

- 1 tbs. baking powder

- 1/2 tsp. salt

- 6 tbs. cold butter cut in cubes

- 1 egg

- 1 cup cream or whole milk

- 1/2 cup raisins or chocolate chips (optional)

Start by preheating the oven. Combine dry ingredients all together then add small butter pieces into mixture. Break butter into small pieces using finger tips. In small bowl, beat egg and cream. Reserve 2 tbs of egg mix to use later in brushing the scones. Add raisins or chocolate chips to mixture.

Pour wet ingredients into flour mixture and then stir all together. The dough should be soft and slightly sticky. If the dough sticks to your fingers, correct the texture by adding some flour. If dough is stiff add some cream. Divide dough in half and shape into 2 balls. Place each ball on a greased baking sheet and press down to form circles about 6 inches across and 1 inch thick. Cut each circle to 6 wedges and pull wedges slightly away from one another. Lightly brush with reserved egg mixture and then bake for about 12 minutes or until lightly brown. Yield 12 scones.

Note: You can reduce the amount of sugar and do not add the raisins or chocolate chips to the scones. That would yield biscuit like scones, that you can eat savory(with cheese or cream potatoes) or sweet ( with cherry or berries jam and butter). Incredible rich taste.

For a lighter version & for those who worry about their weight, try reducing butter amount and use skimmed milk. Taste may not be as rich but it would still taste nice, warm and delicious.