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American desserts recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $1.5 per serving added by professional chefs
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THE Bacardi Rum Cake.....adjusted for today's box cake mixesSeveral years ago Bacardi’s Rum Cake recipe used an 18 ½ ounce cake mix and box of instant vanilla pudding mix.… |
Salad Foodie
Dec 2012 Professional |
12 votes
88394 views
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Mrs. Harvey’s White FruitcakeLet me say right up front - fruitcake gets a bad rap. My theory is that many object to the darker types, with lots of spice and molasses. Or the… |
Salad Foodie
Dec 2011 Professional |
2 votes
24301 views
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Mincemeat Cookies ~ The Old Fashioned WayI have always loved mincemeat - pie with vanilla ice cream or cookies and cocoa. This is how we make them,… |
Amos Miller
Dec 2011 Professional |
3 votes
35613 views
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Good Stuff Dessert (a chocolate pudding trifle)Years ago a friend gave me this recipe saying it is as the name says, truly “Good Stuff.” Layers start with a… |
Salad Foodie
Jun 2012 Professional |
5 votes
19721 views
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Creole Perfect Sweet Potato PieI have made this recipe for years. There is none better - or so I've been told by some serious and knowing Creole cooks. And while some may say… |
Amos Miller
Mar 2011 Professional |
2 votes
10279 views
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Christmas Jewels (Fruit Cake Cookies)A munchy spice cookie with loads of nuts. Mixed candied fruit adds the “jewel tones,” moisture and softness.… |
Salad Foodie
Dec 2011 Professional |
1 vote
7096 views
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Paul's Pumpkin BarsAccountant Paul Rainbow was the featured "He Cooks" in a column of the November 1976 Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. His recipe, Paul's Pumpkin… |
Salad Foodie
Nov 2011 Professional |
5 votes
11982 views
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Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies - HIGH ALTITUDE STYLEThink you can't improve on the Original Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe? You can if you live at a high… |
Salad Foodie
Dec 2018 Professional |
2 votes
7903 views
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Lemon Pastry Squares (a.k.a Lemon Brownies) - a new take on Lemon Bars!This recipe has been circulating around the Internet as “Lemon Brownies”,… |
Salad Foodie
May 2013 Professional |
17 votes
32011 views
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Creole Rice PuddingNEVER throw day-old rice away! Next time you have that extra-large Chinese take out and you have some of that white rice left over, you have the… |
Amos Miller
Feb 2011 Professional |
7 votes
12238 views
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Apple Crisp – Microwave Quick!I haven’t found a quicker apple crisp recipe that tastes as good (or better) than oven-baked. Simple prep and fast cooking make this a perfect… |
Salad Foodie
Oct 2011 Professional |
3 votes
22431 views
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Banana Nut Cake with Black Walnut FrostingCan't believe my history of baking this cake but it's true! Nearly 50 years ago I begged a school cafeteria… |
Salad Foodie
Aug 2011 Professional |
1 vote
8145 views
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Everything Goes Oatmeal CoookiesThis is an original recipe. I was making them, years ago, because my children wanted a "loaded" oatmeal cookie… |
J. Gino Genovesi
Dec 2013 Professional |
5 votes
17998 views
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Old-Fashioned Raisin Walnut Spice BarsThis vintage bar cookie recipe should be included in the Oldie-But-Goodie Cookie Hall of Fame. Great for a… |
Salad Foodie
May 2014 Professional |
2 votes
5551 views
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“Bear Sign” (Or… a more polite name: “Nut & Berry Shortbread Bars”)During the off-season, when salmon aren’t readily available up north,… |
Kevin Olomon
Feb 2010 Professional |
6 votes
12477 views
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