Toffee Crunch Muffins

These are actually a little higher in calories that I like to eat for breakfast for one item but, I thought it might make a great breakfast on the go. Or maybe even good for a low-cal dessert.

I havent actually try these yet so I cant attest to how delicious they are but, they look pretty amazing.

Yields 10 muffins.
222 calories per muffin.
Recipe from BHG dot com.

INGREDIENTS
1.5 c flour
1/3 c brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg, beaten
1/2 c milk
1/2 c light sour cream
3 tbsp margarine, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
4.2 oz toffee, finely chopped

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Grease muffin pan & line with paper liners & set aside.

In a medium bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Make a well in the center of the mixture.

In another medium bowl, combine egg, milk, sour cream, melted margarine, & vanilla.
Add wet mixture to dry mixture & stir until just moist.
(Batter will be lumpy.)
Gently fold 2.8 oz of toffee into batter.

Spoon batter into muffin cups evenly.
Sprinkle tops with remaining toffee crumble.

Bake for 20 minutes.

Mini Cheese Danish

As you all know, Im a major cheese junkie. I love cheese in ALL forms (except Swiss) & cheese danish are one of my favorite fattening treats. These, however, are not so fattening. At 100 calories a pop, you really cant go wrong as a perfect weeknight dessert. My boyfriend swore that they were more fattening.

My only real issue with this recipe is that mine only yielded 32 danishes, instead of 40, as the recipes states. Also, the glaze required 2 tbsp of milk as opposed to one. (Im going to go ahead & list what I used, though.) Other than that, I had no issues.

The perk of this is that it's REALLY fast. In my mind, making any sort of danish seems rather time consuming. This was quick & baked quickly. I think that the only pain, as with any dessert that requires glaze or icing, you have to wait for them to cool.

Yields 32 danishes.
100 calories each.
Unsure where I got this recipe.

INGREDIENTS
8 oz pkg cream cheese, diced
2 10 oz cans crescent roll dough
1 tbsp margarine, softened
2 tbsp 1% milk
1/2 c sugar
1 tsp fat-free sour cream
1 tsp lemon juice
1 c confectioners sugar
3/4 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350.

Slice unrolled crescent dough into 1/8ths & then slice 1/8ths in half; each can of dough should yield 16 pieces.
Place the dough slices onto 2 cookie sheets & make an indentation in the middle.
In a large bowl combine cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, lemon juice & vanilla extract.
Add a tbsp of filling to each roll.
Bake for 15 minutes.

In a small bowl stir together confectioners sugar, margarine, & milk.

After danish have cooled drizzle with icing.

Brownie Cookies

Im a huge brownie fan. I stored these in the freezer after we ate them for dessert last night. I find that they're just as great re-heated. The other wonderful thing about this recipe is that you get regular sized cookies for under 100 calories a pop.

Recipe from BHG dot com.
Yields 24 cookies.
73 calories per cookie.

INGREDIENTS
1 c flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 c margarine
2/3 c sugar
1/3 c cocoa powder
1/4 c brown sugar
1/4 c 1% milk
1 tsp vanilla
Cooking spray
1 tbsp powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS
Mix flour and baking soda & set aside.

In a medium saucepan melt margarine; remove from heat.
Stir in sugar, cocoa powder, & brown sugar.
Stir in milk & vanilla.
Pour into flour mixture & stir until just combined.
Cover & chill for an hour. (Dough will be stiff.)

Preheat oven to 350.
Lightly coat cookie sheet with cooking spray.
Drop chilled dough onto baking sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes.
When cooled, sprinkle with powdered sugar.