Sweet and Sugar Free: An All Natural Fruit-Sweetened Dessert Cookbook (Paperback)

by Karen E. Barkie (Author) "Fruit-sweetened cakes are light and soft with delicious flavor..." (more)
Key Phrases: combine with gelatin mixture, heat over medium setting, blended pear, Helpful Hints, Recipe Suggestions Flour Substitutions-Refer, Spoon-On Topping (more...)

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"I love what you are doing and the way that you do it. I used to think that if i just told someone to quit the sugary stuff they would do it. I usually lost those patients. I didn't realize how locked into the sweet taste must people are--really addicted. You propose an easy solution, gradualism, or getting the sweet taste and good nutrition at the same time. I need your book to enhance my almost effective doctor-patient rapport. I can say 'do it' and I know they can." --Lendon H. Smith, MD, author of Feed Your Kids Right -- Review

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"I love what you are doing and the way that you do it. I used to think that if i just told someone to quit the sugary stuff they would do it. I usually lost those patients. I didn't realize how locked into the sweet taste must people are--really addicted. You propose an easy solution, gradualism, or getting the sweet taste and good nutrition at the same time. I need your book to enhance my almost effective doctor-patient rapport. I can say 'do it' and I know they can." --Lendon H. Smith, MD, author of Feed Your Kids Right

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Product Details Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Later Printing edition (August 15, 1982) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312780664 ISBN-13: 978-0312780661 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #461,643 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #71 in  Books > Health, Mind & Body > Diets & Weight Loss > Special Conditions > Low Sugar

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Fruit-sweetened cakes are light and soft with delicious flavor. Read the first page

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combine with gelatin mixture, heat over medium setting, blended pear, teaspoon baking soda banana, recommended flours, substitution guidelines, blended pineapple, cup unsweetened fruit juice, whip contents, whip fruit, floured muffin tins, mash ripe, blended peach, dessert goblets, chopped fresh fruit, cup mashed banana, cup flaked coconut, sherbet dishes, cup unbleached white flour, cup unsweetened orange juice, muffin wells, fruit pudding, whole blueberries, blended fruit, unbeaten egg white

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Helpful Hints, Recipe Suggestions Flour Substitutions-Refer, Spoon-On Topping, Sprinkle-On Topping, Recommended Fruit Apples, Recommended Frozen Fruit Juice Concentrates Apple, Pineapple Sherbet, Raisin Syrup, Recommended Fruit Juices Apple, Recommended Fruits Apples, Spread-On Topping

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This book cites 7 books:

• Great Nutrition Robbery by Hunter in Front Matter, and Back Matter
• Sweet and Dangerous by John Yudkin in Back Matter
• The Chemical Feast by James S. Turner in Back Matter
• Low Blood Sugar Y Gb by Carlton Fredericks in Back Matter
• Sugar Blues by William Dufty in Back Matter

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8 books cite this book:

• Facing Autism: Giving Parents Reasons for Hope and Guidance for Help by Lynn M. Hamilton on page 145
• Menu Solutions: Quantity Recipes for Regular and Special Diets by Sandra J. Frank in Back Matter
• Get the Sugar Out: 501 Simple Ways to Cut the Sugar Out of Any Diet by Ann Louise Gittleman PH.D. CNS in Back Matter
• Is This Your Child by Doris Rapp in Back Matter
• Parents Book for the Toddler Years (Parents Baby and Childcare Series.) by Adrienne Popper on page 93

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, January 27, 2004 By  Miss Maggie (Southern Virginia) - See all my reviews "A Reader" from 1998 is reviewing the wrong book. "Sweet and Sugar Free" by Karen E. Barkie, does not contain any recipes calling for date flour. The book "A Reader" is referring to is called "Cook With Me SUGAR FREE" by Sharon D. Gerstenzang. It is also available here at Amazon, and is an excellent book. This book, "Sweet & Sugar Free" by Karen E. Barkie, is also an excellent book. The recipes are not as simple as your recipes calling for 2 eggs, 2 cups of sugar and 2 cups of flour. When cooking with fruits and fruit juices, you need slighly different techniques to come up with a tasty finished product. That said, the techniques are explained in detail and after making a few of them, you really feel confident enough to try to alter some of your own recipes, to make them with fruit juices instead of sugar or honey. Karen Barkie's recipes are reliable. The baked goods have a nice texture, a sweet flavor, and are family-friendly. After learning and experimenting with fruit-sweetened recipes and techniques, the recipes become quite easy. If you are avoiding artificial sweeteners or sugar, honey and other sweeteners that send your insulin soaring, these recipes will really hit the spot. They taste good, feel good in your mouth, satisfy the kids, and are relatively inexpensive easy to prepare. 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for, March 26, 2001 By  C. Muhlbach (Northern Ocean County, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    The New England Apple pie alone makes this book a must for diabetics and anyone wishing to cut sucrose out of their diet! I have served these desserts to many different people and noone notices the lack of sugar or a "funny" aftertaste. Everyone raves about the great sweet fruit taste and the textures are normal. A must have! 24 of 27 people found the following review helpful: 3.0 out of 5 stars Delicious recipes, but in many cases too time consuming., November 10, 1998 By A Customer "Sweet and Sugarfree" is a must for the diabetic. The recipes are all delicious. The only thing they could improve on would be if some of the ingredients, such as date flour, could be purchased instead of having to make your own. All in all it is an excellent book, but it is a bit time consuming.		Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't deserve the bad reviews. Okay. Granted. If you eat a cupcake from the supermarket with that blue icing made from crisco and one pound of confectioner's sugar and then you eat something from this book... Read more Published 11 months ago by A. Matos 1.0 out of 5 stars bland brick-like and tasteless A co-worker of mine who tried 2 recipes and took them to a party of 20 people, came back with only one square missing from each pan. Everyone said "yuk". Read more Published on May 31, 2007 by Bookworm 1.0 out of 5 stars Where's the sweet? Tried the apple almond cake. Came out like a giant bisquit and wasn't even close to being sweet, not even a hint. Read more Published on February 12, 2007 by MoonPye 1.0 out of 5 stars Bland and Bad is more like it I bought this cookbook a few years ago because a friend and I were trying to eat healthier. We made the peach cake and it was inedible, tasted like dog food with peaches. Read more Published on February 18, 2006 by T. Jackson 1.0 out of 5 stars tried the cheescake--it was not good. The cheesecake (I used a pear puree -- one of the purees that were recommended) came out rubbery and not sweet at all. I was so disappointed... Read more Published on March 17, 2005 by a reader 1.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and Sugarfree I have so far tried the peanut butter cookies and the lemon moon cookies... and they were unedible. I'm hoping some of the cakes and pies are better, but the two cookies I tried... Read more Published on December 23, 2003 by seascapejb 5.0 out of 5 stars Luscious sugar-free desserts! Yum! Sugar-free desserts (no refined sugars, honey, molasses, or artificial sugar substitutes)---sweetened with fruit and fruit juices. Read more Published on December 24, 1997 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Later Printing edition (August 15, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312780664
• ISBN-13: 978-0312780661
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #461,643 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, January 27, 2004

By	Miss Maggie (Southern Virginia) - See all my reviews

"A Reader" from 1998 is reviewing the wrong book. "Sweet and Sugar Free" by Karen E. Barkie, does not contain any recipes calling for date flour. The book "A Reader" is referring to is called "Cook With Me SUGAR FREE" by Sharon D. Gerstenzang. It is also available here at Amazon, and is an excellent book.

This book, "Sweet & Sugar Free" by Karen E. Barkie, is also an excellent book. The recipes are not as simple as your recipes calling for 2 eggs, 2 cups of sugar and 2 cups of flour. When cooking with fruits and fruit juices, you need slighly different techniques to come up with a tasty finished product. That said, the techniques are explained in detail and after making a few of them, you really feel confident enough to try to alter some of your own recipes, to make them with fruit juices instead of sugar or honey.

Karen Barkie's recipes are reliable. The baked goods have a nice texture, a sweet flavor, and are family-friendly. After learning and experimenting with fruit-sweetened recipes and techniques, the recipes become quite easy. If you are avoiding artificial sweeteners or sugar, honey and other sweeteners that send your insulin soaring, these recipes will really hit the spot. They taste good, feel good in your mouth, satisfy the kids, and are relatively inexpensive easy to prepare.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for, March 26, 2001

By	C. Muhlbach (Northern Ocean County, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The New England Apple pie alone makes this book a must for diabetics and anyone wishing to cut sucrose out of their diet! I have served these desserts to many different people and noone notices the lack of sugar or a "funny" aftertaste. Everyone raves about the great sweet fruit taste and the textures are normal. A must have!

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Delicious recipes, but in many cases too time consuming., November 10, 1998

By A Customer

"Sweet and Sugarfree" is a must for the diabetic. The recipes are all delicious. The only thing they could improve on would be if some of the ingredients, such as date flour, could be purchased instead of having to make your own. All in all it is an excellent book, but it is a bit time consuming.