Use Prunes In Baked Goods

Using baby food prunes in your baked goods that contain chocolate is a great way to reduce the fat and re-create your recipe to a healthier version for you and your family. The chocolate helps to disguise the disgusting color of prunes and when you think it is chocolate, hey, it's all okay then! This recipe reduces the fat from 51% per serving to 18%. As an added bonus, you will reduce the cholesterol content from 38 mg to 0...

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1 3/4 c Sugar
3/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c all-purpose flour
1/2 t baking powder
1/4 c buttermilk
2 t vanilla
7 egg whites
2 (4 oz) containers baby-food prunes
1/2 c walnuts, optional

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray 13 x 9 pan.
In large bowl, mix together cocoa, flours, sugar and baking powder. Set aside.
In separate bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Slowly stir in prunes, vanilla, and buttermilk. Add this mixture to flour mixture and beat with electric mixer until thoroughly combined. Stir in walnuts.

Pour into pan and bake about 30 minutes until brownies just begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cut into 36 servings.

Per serving:
Reduced calories from 135 to 80
Reduce fat grams from 8 to 2
Reduced % of cals from fat from 51% to 18%
Reduced Cholesterol (mg) from 38 to 0

Recipe from Healthy Homestyle Cooking
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Baby-food prunes make this fudge melt in your mouth with much less fat than regular fudge. Other ways we reduce fat and calories are
- used skim instead of whole evaporated milk
- reduced the amount of sugar
- reduced the amount of walnuts
- replaced most of the butter with baby-food prunes
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Here we go!

2 T butter
2 1/2 c sugar
2/3 c evaporated skim milk
1 (12 oz) package semisweet chocolate chips
1 (2.5 oz) jar baby-food prunes
1 (7 oz) jar marshmallow cremee
1/2 c chopped walnuts
1 t vanilla

Line 13 x 9 pan with wax paper, extending the paper over the side to use as a "lifter". Set aside.

In large saucepan, melt the butter - be careful not to burn. Stir in the sugar and milk. Bring to a boil and boil over med heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

Remove saucepan from heat and slowly stir in chocolate chips, until melted. Then stir in prunes, marshmallow creme, walnuts and vanilla until well combined. Spread the mixture into the pan and chill until firm.

Lift out of pan and cut into 48 pieces.

Per serving (per piece)
Reduced calories from 143 to 105
Reduced fat grams from 7 to 4
Reduced % of cals from fat from 46% to 32%
Reduced cholesterol (mg) from 9 to 2

Recipe from Healthy Homestyle Cooking
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