Those yearning to create more healthy treats will learn how to bake without the fats and hydrogenated oils found in common dessert recipes with this lavishly illustrated cookbook. Designed specifically for baking with olive oil, the recipes eliminate key ingredients—butter, hydrogenated oils, margarine, and shortening—that are staples in many traditional desserts. In addition to household favorites such as toll cookies, brownies, and apple pie, the cookbook features instructions for making more than 60 mouth-watering treats, among them chocolate chip buttermilk cake, silky cheesecake with strawberries, lemon sugar cookies, pecan coconut bars, and apple cinnamon rolls. Hints such as using egg substitutes and other ingredients to further lower cholesterol intake, substituting lactose-free options for those suffering from milk sensitivities, and a guide to the many varieties of olive oil are also included.
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Winner of The USA Book News 2009 Best Books Awards in the categories of Baking and Desserts
Nominated for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Silver award winner in the Living Now Book Awards
"The Lemon Laced Blueberry Cookies have a nice chewy/crunchy texture and delicate lemon flavor, very satisfying." —Amy Sherman, San Francisco-based food writer
"Your desserts made with olive oil are absolutely scrumptious. Who needs butter?" —Carol Ainsworth, owner, Great Olive Oil Tours
"Hands-down, the best brownies I have ever made. They are both chewy and crunchy, and the chocolate flavor is scrumptious." —Gatehouse News Service
"The pecan coconut bars rocked." —Alisa Flemming, editor-in-chief, Go Dairy Free
"After testing some of the recipes, we were delighted to find the olive oil proved every bit as good as butter or shortening. They actually turned out better in taste and texture." —Columbia Daily Tribune
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Micki Sannar is an instructor of nutritional cuisine. She lives in Highland, Utah.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This new cookbook featuring Olive Oil Dessert recipes has opened up our eyes to making desserts more healthful and they taste great too. We've tried several of the recipes and have found them to be delicious, user friendly and have become new family favorites.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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If you want to lower your cholesterol but not give up sweets, this book is for you. It's not just sweets, but breads, scones, muffins, pie dough, etc..But beyond that, if you have food allergies or cook for someone who does, this serves double duty. The substitution charts in back allow you to swap out eggs (sev'l choices for sweet or savory substitutions) and dairy (even buttermilk) easily. You also have a conversion chart to use w/your previous recipes by swapping out high-cholesterol butter or margarine with olive oil, thereby making the desserts healthier and even lighter b/c the olive oil to butter ratio is less. I made Lemon Sugar Cookies and swapped out the one egg (b/c my toddler granddaughter is allergic) with 1/4 cup of applesauce. They were cookies we ALL could eat, they looked exactly like the picture, were delish, and received raves...better than a bakery. The olive oil pie crust is great, don't even need to mix it in the food processor, a simple wooden spoon brings this one together, easy as pie (no pun intended) to roll out too! The book is esthetically beautiful to look at, makes a good gift or coffee table book; but this one will most likely take up permanent residence in my kitchen!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have tried several of these recipes and they are very good and easy to make. The comfort cake is to die for and I don't make chocolate cake any other way now! Also, a favorite is the blueberry muffin recipe with the crumble topping. My family loves them.
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it took quite a while to get it-although I did receive it within the...
Good condition. Like the book, it took much longer to get here from the other things I have bought off this and other sites!!!
Published 9 months ago by juels
So good, you'd never know they were good for you!
Anyone who loves to bake needs this cookbook. It has impressed my family and friends tremendously. There is something for everyone. It is my "go-to" dessert cookbook.
Published 13 months ago by K. Ray
Olive Oil Desserts Cookbook review
Micki Sannar started looking for healthier ways to make desserts after discovering she and her husband had elevated cholesterol levels. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Valerie Gray
Eating my cake without the guilt!
Original review posted at MoanaSaves (dot) com.
Good food is an obsession of mine. What makes eating good food even more enjoyable is when I get to eat food that is... Read more
Good food is an obsession of mine. What makes eating good food even more enjoyable is when I get to eat food that is... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Aloha Momma
Olive Oil for Making Dessert? Who knew?
When I first heard about cooking with olive oil, I thought that was for cooking chicken in a pan or for coating potatoes to be baked in the oven with some seasoning. Read more
Published 13 months ago by D. Zalewski
I *heart* Olive Oil Desserts
I LOVE this book. So far everything I've made has been amazingly good, and I feel better knowing the desserts are better for our bodies and hearts. Thank you!
Published 14 months ago by Catherine
Great Heart Healthy Dessert Cookbook
Do you ever wish you had some recipes that were healthier and heart friendly? Well, search no more because Micki Sannar has come up with a wonderful collection of desserts and none... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Carol L. Harlow
Healthy Alternative Baking
I am an avid baker who was searching for healthier alternatives to butter. I tried different types of "heart-healthy" margarine but the taste and texture was always way off. Read more
Published 15 months ago by shrinking footprint
Olive Oil Desserts has some interesting options.
I haven't tried any recipes yet, but what I've seen looks good.
The book is in great shape, and was delvered quickly thru Amazon for a very reasonable price. Read more
The book is in great shape, and was delvered quickly thru Amazon for a very reasonable price. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Nancy Lovretich
AWESOME Dessert Book!
I've tried 2 recipes already and I'm in LOVE! Both desserts came out extremely delicious and they were very easy to make. I like how organized this cookbook is. Read more
Published on May 5, 2010 by Laura
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