55 Calorie Maple Cinnamon Butter

I love the honey butter at restaurants like Longhorn Steakhouse and Redstone - so I thought I would try to make my own low calorie and dairy free version - I thought this turned out really well and it is only 55 calories per tablespoon - regular butter is 100 calories per tablespoon and regular honey cinnamon butter is probably even more than that!

I used Earth Balance Whipped as a butter alternative but you could use any variety you like -

This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

Recipe:

2 tbsp Earth Balance - 160 calories

1 tbsp Sugar Free Maple Syrup - 7 calories

1 tsp Cinnamon                                             

= 167 calories, about 55 calories per tablespoon

(vs. regular butter 100 cal per tablespoon)

1. Measure out butter in a small custard cup

2. Add syrup and cinnamon

3. Mix thoroughly (I used a fork)

4. Add more cinnamon or stevia if desired, store in refrigerator and use on toast, crackers, pancakes, waffles etc.

Nutella Truffles

With Halloween right around the corner I know I am going to be tempted with lots of candy - so I figured I had better come up with some skinny, gluten-free and dairy free candy alternatives

These truffles are kind of like Ferrero Rocher candies with the Rice Krispies on the outside - the Rice Krispies do lose thier crispy-ness after a few hours so if you want to make them without the Rice Krispies you could roll them in cocoa powder instead and then they sort of taste like the fancy chocolate truffles from Trader Joes :)

These are gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

Recipe:

2 tablespoons Original PB2 - 45 calories

2 tablespoons Chocolate PB2 - 45 calories

2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder - 40 calories

1 tablespoon Unsweetened Almond Milk - 2.5 calories

2 tablespoons Water - 0

1/4 cup Rice Krispies - 27.5 calories                               

= 160 total, makes 12 truffles, about 13 calories per truffle

1. Mix together the PB2 and cocoa powder

2. Add the liquids and stir until smooth

3. Take teaspoons sized amounts and roll into a ball with your palms

4. Roll the ball in Rice Krispies or cocoa powder - store in an airtight container

9 Calorie Pan-Seared Apple Fritters

Here's another apple recipe - it isn't the prettiest thing I've ever made, but these apple fritters taste really good! And they are much better for you than traditional deep-fried apple fritters. These are healthy enough to eat as breakfast, a snack, or dessert!

These are Gluten Free, Dairy Free, and only 135 calories for the whole batch!

Recipe:

1 egg - 70 calories

1/4 cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 25 calories

1/2 a medium Honeycrisp Apple - 40 calories

1 teaspoon Stevia                                                  

=135 calories for whole batch, makes about 15 small fritters - 9 calories each

1. Wash and cut the apple into small pieces - I cut mine into shoestring-type pieces

2. Whip together the egg, applesauce and stevia

3. Add the apple to the egg mixture

4. Spoon small amounts into a heated greased pan, flip carefully, brown both sides - repeat with the rest of the batter

5. Top with butter or sugar free maple syrup, enjoy hot :)

10 Calorie Pumpkin Pie Holes

I sort of just threw these together - they turned out like a cross between pumpkin pie and cinnamon sugar donut holes - and under 80 calories for the whole batch!

These are fairly easy to make, and they are gluten free, dairy free, and vegan :)

Recipe: Makes 8

1/4 cup Pumpkin Puree - 20 calories

2 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 12.5 calories

2 tablespoons Oat Flour - 45 calories

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

For coating:

2 tablespoons Stevia

2 teaspoons Cinnamon

                                                                                       

=77.5 total - makes 8, about 9.7 calories each

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix together the flour, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, pumpkin, and apple sauce

3. Spoon into a greased mini muffin pan - bake for 15 minutes

4. Remove from pan and roll in the stevia and cinnamon mixture - enjoy :) store in the refrigerator

45 Calorie Pumpkin Donuts

I finally cracked and bought a Donut Pan from Target - for my first experiment with it I made these Pumpkin Donuts :)

These held their shape really well - especially since they don't have any oil/butter or eggs!

These are also gluten free, dairy free and vegan!

Recipe: (makes 2 donuts)

3 tablespoons Oat Flour - 66 calories

1/4 cup Pumpkin Puree - 20 calories

1 tablespoon Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 5 calories

1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

2 teaspoons Stevia                                                       

= 91 calories, makes 2 donuts - 45.5 calories each

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix together the pumpkin, flour, apple sauce, cinnamon and stevia
3. Pour into a greased donut pan (makes 2 donuts)
4. Bake for about 18 minutes - let cool and remove from pan

130 Calorie Nutella Tart

I had a ridiculous chocolate craving so I came up with this Nutella Tart :)

This is pretty easy to make and it is soo rich and delicious :)

It is also gluten free, dairy free and vegan!

Recipe: Makes 2 tarts

For the crust:
2 tablespoons coconut flour - 60 calories
1 tablespoon Oat Flour - 22 calories
3 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 15 calories
2 tablespoons Almond Milk - 5 calories
2 teaspoons Stevia

For the Filling:
4 tablespoons PB2(2 tablespoons regular, 2 tablespoons chocolate) - 90 calories
2 tablespoons Cocoa - 50 calories
2 tablespoons Almond Milk - 5 calories
3 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 15 calories
                                                                                                                  
= 262 total - makes 2 tarts, 131 calories each


1. Mix together the crust ingredients, if the dough won't stick together when you press down on it add more liquid
2. Press the crust into greased tart pans
3. Bake the crust only for about 5 minutes at 350 degrees
4. Mix together the ingredients for the filling
5. Remove the crusts from the oven and fill with the nutella filling, smooth the top
6. Top with some soy whip if desired, store leftovers in the refrigerator

20 Calorie Apple Oatmeal Cookies

Fall is in full swing, and clearly I have caught Apple Fever - 

I based these cookies on traditional oatmeal raisin cookies, but instead of raisins I used apple chunks!

These cookies are also lower-calorie than regular cookies because of the oat flour, and they do not have any regular sugar or butter/oil

These are also gluten free, dairy free, and vegan :)

Recipe:

1 tablespoon Oats - 32 calories

2 tablespoons Oat Flour - 44 calories

3 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 19 calories

1/4 of a medium Honeycrisp Apple - 20 calories

1 tablespoon Pumpkin Puree - 5 calories

1 tablespoon Stevia

Cinnamon(to taste)                                                          

= 120 calories total, makes 6 cookies - 20 calories per cookie

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix together oats, flour, apple sauce, pumpkin, stevia, and about 1 teaspoon cinnamon - refrigerate for 20-30 minutes

3. Wash and cut up apple into small pieces

4. Spoon the batter onto a parchment paper lines cookie sheet - makes 6 cookies

5. Smooth the cookies out, they do not spread while baking - then top with apple pieces and sprinkle cinnamon on top

6. Bake about 10-12 minutes - remove from oven and let cool, store in an airtight container

80 Calorie Apple Chips

Apple Chips were on sale at the grocery store, so my boyfriend picked out a few bags - I thought they were good but they were very sugary (and 140 calories for 12 chips!) and my boyfriend didn't think they tasted apple-y enough  -  so I decided to try making some from scratch without the added sugar

These weren't difficult to make, but they have to bake for a few hours so these are a good thing to make if you're going to be home for a few hours -  I made them while I finished watching Breaking Bad :)

All you need are Apples and Cinnamon! These are gluten free, dairy free and vegan! There are also only 80 calories in the whole batch!

Recipe:
1 Medium Honeycrisp Apple - 80 calories
Cinnamon to sprinkle on top


1. Wash and Slice up your apple into thin pieces - I did lots of differently shaped pieces, but you could make them more uniform if you are better with a knife than I am :)
2. Spread out the apple slices on a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet, sprinkle with cinnamon(you could also sprinkle some Stevia on top if you want them to be sweeter)
3. Bake at 200 degrees for 3 hours - then turn off the oven and leave the apple chips in there for another hour
4. Enjoy! Store in an airtight container :)

80 Calorie Maple Pecan Sundae

This is my newest Sundae experiment with Wink Frozen Desserts as a dairy free alternative to ice cream - this time I topped the Cake Batter flavor with pecans and Sugar Free maple syrup - this tastes very similar to butter pecan ice cream :)

This is gluten free, dairy free and vegan!

Recipe:

1 tablespoon Pecans - 50 calories
1 tablespoon Sugar Free Maple Syrup - 5 calories
1 scoop Cake Batter Wink Ice Cream - 25 calories       
= 80 calories

160 Calorie Maple Apple Upside Down Cake

This didn't turn out quite as pretty as I wanted it to - but it tasted AMAZING, it is probably one of my favorite recipes so far!

This looks a lot like the new Washington Apple Pound Cake dessert at Starbucks - theirs has 360 calories and looks about the same size - so mine is much healthier! I haven't tried theirs (it has gluten and dairy) but from what it looks like I would imagine it would taste pretty similar

This is only 160 calories - and it is gluten free, dairy free and vegan!

Recipe:

1/4 of a Honeycrisp apple - 25 calories

1/8 cup Sugar Free Syrup - 10 calories

1/8 cup Pumpkin Puree - 10 calories

1/4 cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 25 calories

1/4 cup Oat Flour - 90 calories

1 tablespoon Stevia                                           

= 160 calories

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Peel and slice up the apple - grease the baking dish well, line the bottom with apple slices
3. Pour the maple syrup over the apples
4. Mix the apple sauce, stevia, pumpkin, and flour together
5. Pout batter over the apples and smooth out the top
6. Bake for about 30 minutes - let cool then flip out of the pan, or eat it right out of the pan without removing

125 Calorie Pumpkin Crumble Casserole

I had a half-used can of pumpkin puree in my fridge that I didn't want to go to waste - so I threw this recipe together. I think it turned out pretty well considering I was just winging it - next time I think I would add some cinnamon to the crumble and/or pumpkin mixture - but overall it tasted good, sort of like a cross between Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Casserole and Pumpkin Pie.

This is also just 125 calories, gluten free, dairy free and vegan :)

Recipe:

For crumble:

2 teaspoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 5 calories

2 tablespoons plus 3 teaspoons Oat Flour - 80 calories

For the Filling:

1/2 cup Pumpkin Puree - 40 calories

1 tablespoon Stevia
                                                        
=125 Calories total


1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix together the ingredients for the crumble, do not over-mix - break up the mixture into small crumbly pieces
3. Mix together the stevia and Pumpkin Puree
4. Press about half of the crumble mixture into the bottom of a small(personal size, about the size of a custard cup) greased baking dish to form the bottom crust
5. Spoon the pumpkin mixture on top of the bottom crust layer, smooth out the top
6. Spread the remaining crumble mixture on top of the pumpkin - top with an additional 1/8 teaspoon of stevia and/or cinnamon if desired
7. Bake 15-20 minutes - until the crumble topping is cooked - serve hot, top with Soy Whip or other whipped topping :)

100 Calorie Pumpkin Apple Bundt

Pumpkin and Apple are two of my favorite ingredients to bake with - this recipe combines both of them into a nice little individual fall dessert :)

It isn't a true "bundt cake" per se but I made this in a mini fluted pan so it sort of looks like a bundt cake - the texture isn't really cake-like it is more like pumpkin pie or bread pudding.

This is gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

Recipe: (makes 2 mini cakes)

1/2 of a Honeycrisp Apple - 40 calories

1/4 cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 25 calories

1/2 cup Pumpkin Puree - 40 calories

1/4 cup Oat Flour - 90 calories

1/4 cup Stevia                                                            

= 195 calories total, 97.5 per cake

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. Peel and chop up the apple into chunks

3. Mix together the apple sauce, pumpkin, flour and stevia

4. Add the apple chunks to the batter

5. Pour into greased baking pans

6. Bake about 30 minutes or until set

60 Calorie Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake

Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back at Starbucks! Unfortunately their pumpkin spice syrup contains milk :( So I have to resort to making my own - stay tuned for my skinny/dairy free version of the actual latte

For now, you'll just have to settle for a Cake version of this fall treat - This really tastes like a Pumpkin Spice Latte in cake form, so if you aren't a big fan of coffee you may want to decrease the amount of coffee grounds - personally I thought the Pumpkin Spice flavored Coffee grounds smelled heavenly when I made this cake. 

Pro-tip: don't skimp on the whipped topping if you really want this to taste like a Pumpkin Spice Latte

This is under 60 Calories - Gluten free, Dairy free, and Vegan!

Recipe:

1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon Pumpkin Puree - 25 calories

2 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 12 calories

1 tablespoon Oat Flour - 22 calories

1 tablespoon Pumpkin Spice Coffee Grounds(or regular)

1 tablespoon Stevia                                                            

= 59 calories total

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix together the pumpkin, apple sauce, flour, coffee grounds, and stevia

3. Pour the batter into a small greased cake or loaf pan(I used a mini fluted cake pan)

4. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the middle of the exposed part of the cake is set - serve with Whipped Topping for a true Pumpkin Spice Latte flavor :)