Refrigerator Door Sugar Myths Recipes

REFRIGERATOR SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth.
• Add sugar; beat until well blended.
• Add egg and vanilla; beat until well blended.
• Combine flour, baking powder and nutmeg in medium bowl.
• Add flour mixture and milk alternately to butter mixture, beating at low speed after each addition until well blended.
• Shape dough into 2 logs, each about 6 inches long.
• Wrap each roll in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350, grease cookie sheets.
• Cut logs into 1/4 inch thick slices; place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets.
• Keep unbaked logs and sliced cookies chilled until ready to bake.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
• Transfer to wire racks and decorate.
• Store in airtight container.

REFRIGERATOR DOOR: SUGAR-FREE SYRUP

Steps:

• Hi Denise, You can buy Agave syrup through GlobalGoods.com or buy sugar-free syrup in grocery stores on the syrup/pancake mix aisle. You can use splenda in place of sugar to make your own syrup (Boil 1 cup water and 2 cups splenda for 5-10 minutes. Flavor with 1 teaspoon maple flavoring.) You can also make my favorite fruit syrup with no added sugar. Desi's Date Sauce Cover 7 pitted, whole dates with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Pour water and dates into blender container. Add 1 cup berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc.). Blend until smooth. The dates will thicken and sweeten the sauce naturally. Serve over pancakes, waffles, or ice cream! Happy Cook'n, Desiri Wightman, R.D.

REFRIGERATOR DOOR: SUGAR MYTHS

Steps:

• Hi Kerry, The recipes will simply call for "sugar." You get to decide what kind of sugar you will use (cane, beet, agave, honey, or other alternatives). I loved this run down on Sugar Myths by the Center for Consumer Freedom. The following comes from their website: SweetScam.com/myths-and-facts. I found their article to be very well written and researched. There's little perceptible difference between sugar from sugar beets and sugar from sugar cane. Sugar cane generally tolerates warmer climates better than sugar beets, and the extraction of sugar is a different process in each. Sugar cane has a longer production process in which it is crushed and treated with a liquid before the sugary syrup is separated in a centrifuge. Beets are sliced, and then the sugar is extracted in a hot water diffuser before being refined. The end result for the human body is the same either way. Sugar is sugar. Whether it comes from cane, beets, or corn, your body will digest it the same way. Hope this helps, Desiri Wightman, R.D.