Skinny Wildberry 'Toaster Strudel' Pie

November 11, 2018 Amanda Plott

This past week I played around a lot in the kitchen and made things fun by turning ‘kid classics’ into sweet treats that kids and adults alike will enjoy. Skinny ‘Homer Simpson’ Donuts to Skinny Strawberry Pop-Tart Cobbler. Another of my favorites from my childhood was Toaster Strudels. And being as I had some phyllo dough in the freezer that needed to be used up, I decided to make a Toaster Strudel Pie.

My favorite flavor of both Pop-Tarts and Toaster Strudel was always ‘wildberry’. Something about the perfect mix of sweet and tang in there. This is obviously not your average pie and it’s surprisingly simple and easy to make with literally a handful of ingredients…

Skinny Cranberry Bliss Bread

November 7, 2018 Amanda Plott

I’ve somehow done it, y’all. I’ve somehow managed to wear myself out on pumpkin for a bit. I don’t know how, I don’t know when, and I really don’t like it. But… at least in the meantime while I recuperate, I can play around with cranberries now!

I don’t know about the rest of the country, but here in Austin Texas… the allergies are killing everyone right now. ‘Tis the season, I guess. So while I’m a little under the weather (pun intended) and my throat is aching, I thought it would be a nice time to make a fluffy warm breakfast bread.

Baking therapy anyone?…

Skinny 'Homer Simpson' Donuts

November 3, 2018 Amanda Plott

What can I say? I’m inspired by a lot of things in life. Growing up through the 90’s meant a lot of watching The Simpsons. And anytime you watch the show, there’s like a scene with Homer eating a donut. The Simpson donuts are a classic vanilla donut with pink frosting. So, I took one of my old favorite recipes and reworked it into this riff on Skinny 'Homer Simpson' Donuts!

Needless to say, the house smelled heavenly this morning. It’s been a good bit of time since I baked any donuts. So my little girl was tickled pink when she got her heart-shaped donut fix this morning. Even though I don’t think that she fully appreciated that they were ‘Simpson’ donuts…

Skinny Strawberry Pop-Tart Cobbler

November 1, 2018 Amanda Plott

Sometimes… you get a wild idea and you just have to go with it. This Skinny Strawberry Pop-Tart Cobbler was definitely one such idea. I had come across a fun idea for a strawberry pop-tart pie, but.. to be completely honest with you, homemade pie crust scares me. So, I started to think back to this summer when I made a few delicious and easy cobblers. Then BOOM lightening struck and the world made sense.

…Why not make the strawberry pop-tart into a cobbler instead?

If you’ve ever had a pop-tart before, then you know you’re in for a big treat here. The strawberry ‘filling’ part of this cobbler is meant to taste just like the strawberry ‘filling’ that you’d find in a pop-tart…

Skinny Pumpkin Spice Bars + Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

October 28, 2018 Amanda Plott

Baking can be hard. Baking can be complicated. Baking can be exhausting. It’s no secret that baking isn’t my favorite thing to do. It intimidates and scares me a lot. Which is why I’m forcing myself to do a whole lot more of it. I guess you could say that I’m overcoming my fear one cake at a time.

These Skinny Pumpkin Spice Bars are incredibly easy to make despite the slightly lengthy ingredient list, it comes together very very quickly. From start to finish (not including the cooling time) this cakes only takes about 30 minutes to mix and bake, frosting and all!…

Dark Chocolate 'Crazy Cake'

October 18, 2018 Amanda Plott

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Oh. My. Gosh. This Dark Chocolate 'Crazy Cake' is delicious, y’all! The first time I heard about ‘wacky cake’, I was more than a little skeptical. How can you make a good cake with no butter, eggs, or milk?! Well, as it turns out, there’s a couple of secrets to this cake that make it perfectly fluffy and delicious! In fact, it’s one of my favorite cakes. One of these simple swaps is using Mazola® Corn Oil in place of another oil or butter. I’ve been cooking and baking a lot more lately with corn oil. A clinical study showed Mazola Corn Oil reduces cholesterol 2x more than extra virgin olive oil. To learn more about this claim, see MAZOLA.com.

I wasn’t done there though. I also swapped out some of the sugar for a natural sweetener, and the cocoa powder for a dark chocolate cocoa powder. The end result was this tasty and easy cake that’s made all in ONE dish. Yep. No bowls to clean. No beaters to clean…