Low Carb Apricot Recipes

Ingredients:

3/4 tsp butter
8 whole apricots, pitted,split
4 oz light cream cheese
2 tsp minced crystallized ginger
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup non fat milk
2 tbsp finely crushed gingersnaps
1/2 tsp sugar
1 1/4 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup apricot puree (4-5 apricots)
1/4 cup frozen egg substitute, thawed
1 tbsp ginger juice
1/3 cup cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Instructions:

Note: To make ginger juice, place l (2 or 3-inch) piece ginger root
in food processor. Puree, then wrap in cheesecloth and squeeze out
juice.

Butter l0-inch round glass tart or flan baking dish. Set aside. Blend
together cream cheese, crystallized ginger, l/2 tsp. sugar and l/4
tsp. vanilla. Spoon cream cheese mixture into centers of apricot
halves. Set aside. Whisk together nonfat milk, apricot puree, egg
substitute and ginger juice until blended. Stir together flour,
baking powder and baking soda. Add apricot mixture to flour mixture,
stirring just blended. Pour into prepared baking dish. Push filled
apricots at random onto cake batter. Sprinkle with gingersnap
cookies. Bake at 375 degrees about 20 minutes or until center of cake
tests done. Serve warm with additional apricot puree if desired.

For those interested each serving contains: l79 calories, l03 mg.
sodium, 8 mg. cholesterol, 3 grams fat, 36 grams carbohydrates, 4
grams protein, and 0.27 gram fiber.

Shared by Punky Frischknecht, Prodigy ID# SMCD91F.

Servings: 12