So-Good Chocolate Chip Softies

Why am I always posting sweet stuff? Oh well. This recipe is from HG's 200 Under 200 cookbook. I made these yummy chocolate chip cookies tonight. I used Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips, which made these totally awesome! I also had to use raspberry acai applesauce since I was out of plain, but it didn't change the flavor at all. These are so good, I wish the recipe made more than 8. I'm going to have to try and double the recipe one day.

Creamy Hot Apple B-Fast with Brown Sugar Crunch

Another HG recipe from the 200 Under 200 cookbook. It was freezing when I woke up this morning, so I decided to make something nice and hot for breakfast.

Nice and hot apple crunch. Yum! I did make a few changes to recipe based on what I have in the house right now. I didn't have any vanilla pudding mix, so I subbed in some more corn starch and used milk instead of water. Also, I couldn't find the brown sugar nature valley bars, so I used the oat and honey ones.

This is seriously the best recipe for breakfast in the fall. Hot, gooey, apples and cinnamon...*sigh*...good stuff. And, with the changes made to the recipe, about 231 calories for the huge bowl :)

Sugar Donut Muffins, Part II

Okay, remember yesterday, how I said if I tried making the Sugar Donut Muffins again, I would use cider? Well, I tried it out this afternoon and Oh.My.God. These things are amazing.

They look delicious, right? I made a few more changes to the recipe I posted yesterday.

• Substituted sweet apple cider for the milk and melted butter


• Halved the amount of sugar used for the topping


• Added about a teaspoon of cinnamon into the sugar

Al these changes made it so that each mini muffin is...*drum roll*...29 calories!!!!!!!! Whoo!!!! These taste exactly like the donuts at the orchard, except no frying or pounds of butter :D . Knowing my dad, these will definitely be gone by tomorrow.

Sugar Donut Muffins

I'm finding it harder and harder to make Hungry Girl recipes because some of the ingredients are so hard to find. Because of this, the focus of this blog will no longer be solely HG, but just on healthy alternatives for everyday recipes. Anyhooo, onto the baking. It was rainy and cold here today, so I made these Sugar Donut Muffins to warm the house up. The original recipe is by Anniebakes, but I modified several things to make it low calorie. My modified recipe:

• 3/4 c. Splenda


• 1/4 c. Egg Beaters


• 1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour


• 2 tsp. baking powder


• 1/4 tsp. salt


• 1/4 c. no sugar added applesauce


• 3/4 c. skim milk


• 1 tsp. vanilla extract


• 2 tbsp. Smart Balance, melted


• 1/2 c. sugar


• cinnamon

I substituted no sugar added applesauce for the oil, egg beaters for the egg, and Splenda for the sugar. I also added a dash of cinnamon of the muffins (after I took the picture). I calculated it out to be around 40 calories per muffin (the recipe made 36 mini muffins).

These are really good. They kindof remind me of the apple cider donuts that the store at the orchard makes. I'm thinking that, next time, I'll substitute cider instead of milk and melted butter.