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Pecan Pie Bar Recipe
I’m going to break away from the rules and post the recipe first, then the tips and/or story behind the recipe. You’re welcome! Tips & Backstory Me, pie crust and pecan pie filling have struggled to get along for many years. I have never been able to get my pecan pies to set well without having to first burn them a bit. It doesn’t help either that fructose behaves a bit differently that sucrose (table sugar, cane sugar). Fructose tends to liquify and cause batters to be more soupy. It is a bit sweeter than sucrose. It tends to brown more quickly at lower temperatures, yet requires a higher temperature…
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Paleo Hot Fudge – Smucker’s Healthy Twin
I’m a hot fudge girl. Always have been. When I found out I couldn’t eat sucrose I was devastated. I had to avoid Smucker’s hot fudge for the rest of my life. How could any girl live without an occasional (or daily) spoonful of “medicine”?! About a year after my diagnosis and figuring out my safe foods I realized I still needed chocolates, brownies, chocolate cake, and hot fudge. I was determined to get what I wanted without making myself deathly ill. I started experimenting. I tried everything. I mean, everything and every combination available on the store shelf or online (at the time). I finally found the sweet spot…
