Diabetic Cookbook

This recipe has been converted to a sugar free recipe from recipetips.com. It is an excellent sugar free dessert for the diabetic person and can fit into any diabetic meal plan. If you remember correctly, dragonfruit has an added health benefit to Type 2 Diabetics. It lowers blood glucose levels.

Ingredients

For Sugar Cookie Dough:

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup SPLENDA® Sugar Blend
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

For Pizza:

8 ounces fat-free cream cheese

½ cup powdered sugar (See Additional Information)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 dragon fruit, peeled and sliced

3 kiwi, peeled and sliced

1 cup strawberries, hulled and cut in half

¼ cup sugar-free apricot glaze

Directions

For Sugar Cookie Dough:

1. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer in a medium mixing bowl until creamy. Gradually add SPLENDA® Sugar Blend, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate mixing bowl. Gradually add flour mixture SPLENDA® Sugar Blend mixture, beating until blended. Do not over-mix.
3. Place dough on a lightly floured work surface. Divide dough in half; pat each half into a circle and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill cookie dough for one hour or until slightly firm.
4. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
5. Remove dough from refrigerator.
6. Roll out cookie dough into a 12 inch round.
7. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
8. Allow to cool completely.

For Pizza:

1. Prepare fruit by washing and slicing it into 1/4 inch slices.
2. Cream together the cream cheese, powdered sugar and lemon juice.
3. When the crust is cool, top with the cream cheese mixture.
4. Lay fruit in a circle on top of the cream cheese mixture.
5. Spread apricot glaze over fruit.
6. Chill until ready to serve.

Additional Information

Since this is a converted sugared recipe, we do not have the carbohydrates or any nutritional information for this recipe. However, it is a diabetic friendly recipe. For a sugar free powdered sugar recipe click here.

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