DIABETIC FUDGE Easy Chef

1 14 1/2 oz. evaporated milk
3 tbsp. cocoa
1/4 c. oleo
Liquid Sweetner to equal 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1/4 c. nuts

Combine milk and cocoa in saucepan. Beat well. Add oleo, sweetner, salt. Bring to boil. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup graham crackers. Cool about 15 minutes. Divide mixture into 32 balls. Roll in remaining cracker crumbs and chill.


DIABETIC APPLE PIE Easy Chef

Pastry for 8 inch two crust pie
6 c. sliced tart apples
3/4 tsp. cinnamon or nutmeg
1 (12 oz.) can frozen Seneca apple juice
2 tbsp. cornstarch

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Put apples in pastry lined pan. Heat juice, cornstarch and spice (optional). Let it boil until clear. Pour over apples. Cover with top crust. Bake 50 to 60 minutes.


SUGAR-FREE DIABETIC CAKE Easy Chef

2 c. raisins
2 c. water
2 eggs, lightly beaten*
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. skim milk
2 c. unsweetened applesauce
3 tsp. Sweet & Low
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. chopped nuts**

*May use egg substitute or egg whites. **Nuts may be omitted. You can substitute the nuts with 1/2 cup mashed bananas for an entirely different flavor, if you do this, mix banana with the wet ingredients. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook raisins in the water until all water is absorbed, approximately 30 minutes. Mix all wet ingredients in one bowl and all dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add nuts to the flour mixture then add the flour mixture to the liquid mixture. Fold in the raisins. Bake in loaf or bundt pan for 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out dry. It is really more like a nut bread.


STRAWBERRY DIABETIC JAM Easy Chef

1 c. berries
3/4 c. sugar-free strawberry pop
1 pkg. strawberry sugar-free Jello
3 packets Equal

Mash the berries, add soda pop and cook 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in Jello until dissolved. Stir in sweetener and pour in jars. Seal and store in refrigerator. Yield 1 1/4 cups. You may use other fruits such as raspberries, peaches or cherries.


DIABETIC PUNCH Easy Chef

1-2 liter diet Sprite
1 (46 oz.) can chilled unsweetened pineapple juice
1 pkg. blueberry Kool-Aid with Nutrasweet

Chill all ingredients and pour in punch bowl and serve.

DIABETIC EGG NOG Easy Chef

1 1/2 c. milk
5 sucaryl tablets
4 eggs, beaten well
2 tsp. vanilla

Add ingredients together and mix well.


DIABETIC COOKIES Easy Chef

1 c. raisins
1 c. water
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. flour
1/4 c. dates, chopped
1/2 c. shortening
3 tsp. sweetener
1 tsp. soda

Boil raisins, dates and water for 3 minutes. Add shortening and cool. Add eggs, then all remaining ingredients and mix well. Chill. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.



DIABETIC DATE DAINTIES

2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. liquid sweetener
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/3 c. dates, chopped
1/4 c. flour
1/2 c. nuts
1 1/2 c. bread crumbs

Beat eggs, sweetener and baking powder. Add dates, flour and nuts. Stir in bread crumbs. Chill, then measure by teaspoon on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.