Making desserts for diabetics can be a challenging task. In such recipes, sugar substitutes are used instead of table sugar.
Diabetes is a lifestyle disease that most of us are aware of. Unlike a healthy individual, the blood sugar of a diabetic patient is much higher than normal levels. Hence, after being diagnosed with diabetes, the first self-care tip recommended by doctor is proper planning of the diet with no sugar items. This is not always the case and you can devour your favorite homemade desserts, provided you take certain care while choosing the ingredients. Learn easy-to-make sugar-free desserts for diabetics, so that you can have them whenever you crave for sweet goodies.
Sugar-Free Dessert Recipes for Diabetics
Making lifestyle modifications, in terms of consuming diabetic diet, changing eating habits and performing exercises, is the thumb rule to control glucose levels. Fortunately, there are many diabetic recipes and desserts, which are prepared with sugar-free ingredients. Since they are made with sugar substitutes, consuming them does not elevate the blood sugar levels. Following are some sugar-free desserts that are perfect for diabetics, which you can try to satisfy your sweet cravings.
Sugar-free Fudge
Ingredients
- 16 ounces, cream cheese (softened)
- 2 unsweetened chocolate cubes (melted and cooled)
- ½ cup, sugar substitute
- ½ cup, chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract
Directions for Preparation
Less time-consuming and easy to make, this is one of the classic sugar-free desserts for diabetics that you can make with easily available ingredients. First, line a baking pan with non-sticky foil and keep aside. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, chocolate cubes, sugar substitute, and vanilla extract, till the mixture turns smooth. Add pecans and stir again. Pour this fudge base over the baking pan, put lid and refrigerate overnight. With this, you are done with your sugar-free dessert recipe. Next day, cut the chilled fudge into serving-sized pieces and serve.
Sugar-free Peanut Butter Cookie
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup, plain flour
- 2 tablespoons, peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons, shortening
- 1 egg, beaten
- ¼ teaspoon, baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon, baking powder
- 1 teaspoon, sugar substitute
- A pinch of salt
Directions for Preparation
For this sugar-free recipe, take a mixing bowl and combine together the dry ingredients – flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar substitute, and salt. To this mixture, stir in the shortening, egg, and peanut butter. Mix well, until you get a consistently thick mixture. Grease a cookie sheet and use a large teaspoon to drop cookie base over it. Bake in the oven at 350 °F for 10-12 minutes, or until cookies turn golden and crispy.
Sugar-free Apple Pie
Ingredients
- 1 ready-to-bake pie crust (7½ ounces), refrigerated
- 3 granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon, reduced fat margarine
- ⅓ cup, brown sugar substitute
- 1 tablespoon, skim milk
- 1 teaspoon, granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon
- A pinch of ground nutmeg
- A pinch of ground mace
Directions for Preparation
This is one of the easiest, yet tasty apple dessert recipes for diabetes. To start with, preheat oven to 350 °F. Take a shallow round casserole (about 6-inch size) and place the pie crust properly. Top the pie crust with apple slices, making sure that you spread them evenly. Sprinkle brown sugar substitute and cinnamon, and then, add margarine. Following this, sprinkle nutmeg and mace, and fold the edges of the pie crust so that they cover the apple slices. Lightly brush the apple pie with skim milk and dot with granulated sugar (optional). Bake it for 40-45 minutes, or until pie crust turns light brown. Allow apple pie crust to cool down and serve.
