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Sweet Brie Pears

Pears

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 pears halved
  • Brie cheese of choice 5-6 oz
  • 2 graham crackers
  • Honey

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Cut pears in half and take a spoon or melon baller and dig a small circle in the center of pear.
  • Spray a baking dish with oil and place pears face down to cook for 30 minutes.
  • Once pears have cooked for 30 minutes, flip them over in the dish, chop brie into small 1 oz bite size and place in the center of each pear.
  • Crumble the graham crackers on the tops of each pear and bake for 5-7 more minutes until cheese is melty and crackers have a become richer in color.
  • Remove from oven and drizzle about a tsp of honey on top of each pear.
  • Serve warm or cool.

No-Bake PB Pumpkin Balls

No Bake PB Balls

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup Quaker Oats or quick oats
  • 1/2 cup oat flour (or make your own by blending oats in magic bullet or food processor)
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3 Tbsp Truvia (10 packets) or you can substitute with 1/4 c. brown sugar or 1/4 c. honey
  • 3 T. PB2 (if you don’t have this at your stores, you can buy on Amazon HERE. You’ll LOVE it!) You may also leave this out and your result will be more pumpkin flavored
  • 1/3 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 to 2 T. of water if needed
  • 1 Tbsp Olive Oil or try adding your favorite nut oil such as hazelnut, walnut etc.
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Use two separate bowls for dry and wet ingredients.
  • Make sure you stir the dry ingredients in one bowl then mix well.
  • In the other bowl, be sure to mix all wet ingredients well.
  • Add wet ingredients to the dry and mix well.
  • You will need to refrigerate about 5-10 minutes before forming in to mini balls.
  • Once the mixture is cold, take out and hand roll into balls.
  • Place back in refrigerator until ready to serve.
  • These make fabulous frozen treats as well!

Notes

Makes about 28-32 mini balls.

Mini Carrot Cake Muffins

Carrot Cupcake

Ingredients

  • 2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 & 1/2 c. no calorie baking sweetener or 1 c. brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 applesauce
  • 1/2 cup plain, fat free Greek yogurt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cup grated carrot
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple
  • 1 egg
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 T. zest of orange
  • 1 small container cool whip
  • Small container fat-free cream cheese. (Optional) If desired for a creamier frosting/topping

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Line muffin cups with paper liners.
  • Beat eggs.
  • Add sugar and oil.
  • Add remaining ingredients.
  • Mix well.
  • Pour into mini-muffin cups.
  • Bake for 20 minutes.
  • Top each mini muffin with a dollop of cool whip and enjoy!

Notes

Try whipping 1/2 c. fat-free cream cheese with 1 c. cool whip for a more frosting like topping!