American desserts recipes with 500 or fewer calories added by professional chefs

German Chocolate Cookies

This recipe from the BHG.com website was developed as a healthier alternative to outright decadent German chocolate cake. Rolled oats and flax meal…

Giant Valentine Heart Cookie (It’s a Puzzle Too!)

What fun this is, to get a giant heart cookie that is a jigsaw puzzle too! Package pieces in a box, or stack…

Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie

How about a foot-wide chocolate chip cookie for a party or gift? This treat is quick and easily portable. Chocolate chip cookie recipes abound, but…

Peppermint Stick Ice Cream

What to do with the candy canes after Christmas? Make ice cream! Doesn't have to be summer to get my ice cream maker out.

Individual Almond Cherry Trifles

Fresh cherries layered with a sweetened Greek yogurt mixture and almond angel food cake

Kentucky Belles

This is a dessert for coconut lovers.

"Ice Cream" Frosting

I have made this many times and have had positive reactions, especially when people are told it is made with flour. It is easy to make; costs…

Peanutty Oatmeal Cookies

A different take on peanut butter cookies. The oatmeal adds chewiness, and the chopped peanuts add extra crunch. For an over-the-top serving, spread…

Spice Nut Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze

A sassy lemon glaze sets off this spice Bundt cake. It fits the bill for morning coffee or afternoon breaktime,…

Peanut Butter Fudge

Easy to prepare dessert for peanut butter lovers.

Cheesecake Supreme Shows The Colors for Flag Day & July 4th!

For a luncheon on Flag Day I needed a dessert in patriotic colors. Cheesecake Supreme with fresh strawberries…

Black Bottom Cups

Chocolate and cream cheese cupcakes that is an old family recipe that is just to good to keep to myself.

Chocolate and Grand Marnier Souffle Cakes

Individual souffle like chocolate/orange cakes

Wild Rice Maple Bundt

This cake may sound a bit odd, but when I first tasted it- it became a fast favorite! Wild Rice is harvested in Minnesota and it was first cooked…

Brown Butter Toffee Blondies