Table of Contents
Why diabetes doesn't mean an end to dessert 9
Foolproof Strategies for Delicious Blood Sugar-Friendly Desserts 11
A Closer Look at Ingredients 12
What Types of Sugar and Sweeteners Are Best? 12
What About Non-nutritive Sweeteners or Artificial Sweeteners? 14
Working with Blood Sugar-Friendly Flours 14
When You Don't Have an Ingredient on Hand 16
Symbols/Categories 17
Not your average cookies 19
Crunchy Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies 20
Oatmeal Raisin Chai Spice Cookies 23
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Cups 24
Zesty Orange Sugar Cookies 27
Chewy Chocolate Cookies 28
Oatmeal Crispies 31
High-Protein Chewy Gingersnaps 32
Easy Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie 35
Pecan Praline Cookies 36
Brownies, blondies, & bars … oh my! 39
Nutty Balanced Brownies 40
Banana Cashew Blondies 43
Grain-Free Lemon Squares 44
Apple Pie Cheesecake Bars 47
Brownie Batter Energy Bars 48
Cinnamon Coffee Cake Bars 51
Low-Garb Magic Bars 52
Grain-Free Fig Bars 55
Fluffy Monster Cookie Bars 56
Let's celebrate with cakes & pies 59
Chocolate Cheesecake with Hazelnut-Spiced Crust 60
Chocolate Coconut Cream Pie 63
Funfetti® Birthday Cake 66
Simple Lemon Icebox Pie 69
Classic Pumpkin Pie 70
Carrot Spice Cake with Greek Yogurt Icing 73
Key Lime Cupcakes with Yogurt Icing 75
Maple Pecan Pie with Almond Flour Crust 79
Blueberry Bail Greek Yogurt Pie with Cashew Crust 80
Dessert for breakfast 83
The Easiest Healthy Cinnamon Rolls 84
Classic Blueberry Banana Bread 87
3-in-1 Breakfast Cookies 88
Low-Carb Pumpkin Bread 91
Lean Green Zucchini Bread 92
Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Muffins 95
Creamy Chia Oatmeal Pudding 96
Single-Serving Microwave Coffee Cake in a Mug 99
Easy no-bake treats 101
Cherry Pie Energy Balls 102
Chocolate Peppermint Truffles 105
Oatmeal Cookie Protein Bites 106
Chocolate Chip Pecan Edible Cookie Dough 109
Better-For-You High-Protein Brownie Bites 110
Easy Chocolate Fudge Avocado Mousse 113
Almond Butter & Raspberry Jelly Bars 114
Fantastically frozen desserts 117
Healthy Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream in a Jar 118
Strawberry Lemonade Ice Pops 121
Frozen Yogurt Blueberry Bites 122
Cinnamon Frozen Hot Chocolate 125
Peanut Butter Chocolate Freezer Fudge 126
Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Fudge Pops 129
Mango Cream Sorbet 130
Cherry Vanilla Milkshake 133
Frozen Yogurt Blackberry Mint Bark 134
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip "Frozen Yogurt" 137
No-added-sugar sweet treats 139
Pecan Pie Protein Balls 140
Oatmeal Raisin Snowball Cookies 143
Chocolate Peanut Butter Stuffed Dates 144
Apple Dessert Nachos 147
Easy Rainbow Fruit Pizza 148
Banana Nut Mug Muffin 151
Cinnamon Roll Snack Bites 152
Peanut Butter Date Cookies 155
Acknowledgements 157
About the Author 159
Index 161
