Quick and easy Italian desserts recipes with 400 or fewer calories

Italian Pepper Cookies

Sometime you may have had some Italian cookies and wondered about the piquant taste. They may have been pepper cookies which come from the far…

Italian Red Wine Cookies

These are so quick and easy you can bake them anytime, and people will think you spent all day just baking for them !!

Panna Cotta with Berries

This is a great light dessert to serve at a dinner party because it can be made ahead of time. And it looks and tastes like it took forever in the…

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Almond Biscotti

A very traditional recipe from my wifes Italian grandmother.

Toasted Pfoo Almond Cookies

Not sure why these are called Pfoo cookies. Maybe because you eat a batch as they are coming out of the oven and scald your mouth. And then you…

Vegan Carrot Cake Cupcake for ONE

Been a bit obsessed with single serving desserts lately. This one I think about DAILY. It is not overly sweet,…

Walnut Biscotti

Biscotti are dry, twice-baked biscuits that originated in Italy. The traditional recipes contain almonds, pistachios, hazelnut or pine nuts.…

HOT CHOCOLATE MELT PINE APPLE GRANITA

HOT CHOCOLATE MELT PINE APPLE GRANITA

CINNAMON POACHED PEAR WITH ALMOND PANNA COTTA, ORANGE SORBET

CINNAMON POACHED PEAR WITH ALMOND PANNA COTTA, ORANGE SORBET

OVEN ROASTED APRICOTS WITH THYME, STRAWBERRY GRANITE, CACAO CROQUANT

OVEN ROASTED APRICOTS WITH THYME, STRAWBERRY GRANITE, CACAO CROQUANT

BANANA SPLIT

BANANA SPLIT

PIGNOLI COOKIES

Grandma apple cake

classic one here. A simple, fuss free, easy apple cake. Basically you just need to stir the ingredients together and pop some apples on top. You…

Strawberry tart

A nice, fresh and easy to make tart with not too much butter content.