NSBR: Need a really good diabetic Christmas-y Dessert!

[Keela]

My dad was recently diagnoised as being diabetic after years of being borderline diabetic. The holidays are his favorite time to snack on sweets...specially chocolate. Anyone have a really good no-sugar (low or high fat - LOL) recipe to share? I'd like to make something special for him and me (as I'm trying to stay away from sugar too).

One thing I thought about was making a Splenda cheesecake. It just doesn't seem to Christmas-y to me.

I'm off to go search the web, just thought I'd ask here too. :) TIA!

[Julie]

Here's one site I found Keela, bookmarking it for myself too LOL. It has quite a lot of recipes and gives the food exchanges, etc...

http://www.cooksrecipes.com/diabetic-recipes/diabetic-dessert-recipes.html

[moischka0595 (Laura)]

I think the splenda cheesecake would be a great idea, especially if you make a fruit topping (with Splenda) to go with it, raspberries maybe.

[wendyzine]

I was going to recommend a splenda cheesecake too. Pumpkin, maybe? or lemon?

[diannerigdon]

Or apple pie. Apple pie is christmasy here anyway. You can use splenda or do a splenda/sugar mix. Less fat in that than in cheesecake, which is also a major issue for diabetics.

[Sandy]

If you make the cheesecake in cupcake holders - rather than one big cake - it would be more fun for snacking and you might be able to make it a little more festive that way too.

[Alice Naylor (Okblues Designs)]

The splenda cheesecake with fruit topping is good, but use the fat free cream cheese. You can also use frozen pineapple juice concentrate to sweeten a lot of recipes instead of sugar or artificial sweeteners. This works well with fruit desserts such as the apple pie Dianne suggested.

[jodo]

Angel Food Cake is always yummy. You can do it with Pineapple or Strawberries.

[Karen B]

My grandmother, who was diabetic, used to make a really yummy jello salad with sugar free cranberry jello, ground cranberries, celery, nuts, orange zest, and I don't remember what all else. My MIL has made a similar one and it brings back fond memories of dinner at Grandmother's for me.

[Mar1anneC]

I made Pumpkin pies at Thanksgiving and I made one with Splenda (the cup for cup kind) instead of sugar. It actually tasted quite decent.

[BevNPicard]

There's a decent Apple Pie recipe on the back of the Splenda bags. I made a really good cherry pie once, but, then I lost the recipe.

[BevNPicard]

Here a gingerbread cookie recipe
6 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 teaspoons ground ginger
4 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granular
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup molasses
3 tablespoons water
Directions
Blend together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and spices in a large mixing bowl.
Cream butter, SPLENDA® Granular and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the molasses and water. Stir well. Add the flour mixture and stir until well blended. Refrigerate dough 1-2 hours before rolling out and cutting into shapes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll cookie dough out slightly less than 1/4 inch. Cut into desired shapes. Bake in preheated oven 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottom. Exchanges per serving: 1 starch, 1 fat

[SimplySara]

I once made really yummy raspberry lemon thumbprint cookies made with splenda & sugar-free raspberry jam. They were a hit!

My DH is type 1 diabetic, and my Mom is type 2, so I know how it is.

I'll post the recipe if you like.
Sara