With the holidays getting so close I know that desserts pop into our heads when thinking of menu items.  I love the holidays and I also love the sweets!  Truvia Baking Blend is a very simple solution to helping keep the calorie count just a little bit lower in your desserts this holiday season.

Truvia is a blend of both natural sweetener and sugar.  It provides sugar-like taste and texture in recipes, but with 75% fewer calories and twice the amount of sweetness than sugar.  All of your baked goods made with Truvia Baking Blend will have sugar-like texture and moistness and will bake and brown just like recipes made with sugar.  One 1.5 pound bag of Truvia Baking Blend has equivalent sweetness to 3 pounds of sugar!  When baking, you will use only 1/2 cup of Truvia in place of 1 cup of sugar.  The 1/2 cup of Truvia has 190 calories while 1 cup of sugar as 760 calories.  The best part is that you can find Truvia Baking Blend in your local retail stores  in a 1.5 pound bag with a closeable, easy-to-use pour spout.

I love saving calories when it comes to baking, but I’m always concerned about how my dessert will turn out if I use any type of substitute.  I decided to try my Truvia Baking Blend with one of my husband’s favorite cookies.  I knew that this would be a great test!

My recipe:

• 1 cup of peanut butter
• 1/2 cup of Truvia Baking Blend
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Mix peanut butter and Truvia Baking Blend.
3. Add egg and vanilla.  Mix thoroughly.
4. Roll into small balls and place on lightly greased baking sheet or parchment paper.
5. Flatten with fork dipped in flour.
6. Bake

My son helped me make these cookies and had a blast.  The cookies turned out great!  My husband couldn’t tell that I had used Truvia Baking Blend and I didn’t feel so guilty enjoying a couple of them myself.

As you start thinking about the holidays and baking this season make sure to consider using Truvia Baking Blend and enjoy your desserts just as much as everyone else will!  Make sure to visit them on Facebook and Twitter as well.

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Lori