Diabetic Recipes
Chewy Pineapple Pecan Squares
Yield: 24 squares
Ingredients
- 1 cup unbleached flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup Imperial, 30% less fat margarine
- 1/2 cup toasted, chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 8 ounces crushed pineapple in juice, drained
- 1/2 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
- 1/4 cup light sour cream
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Stir flours, sugar and margarine together until mixture is finely crumbled. Stir in nuts.
- Press 2 cups of flour mixture onto bottom of 13 x 9 inch baking pan which has been sprayed with vegetable coating.
- Stir cinnamon, baking soda and salt into remaining flour mixture. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, light sour cream and vanilla yogurt until blended. Stir in pineapple.
- Pour batter evenly over pressed flour mixture in pan.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until batter pulls away from sides of pan.
- Cool slightly before cutting.
Nutrition
Per serving: 164 cal; 4g fat; 31g carb; 2g pro; 6mg chol; 133mg sodium
Exchanges: 1 Bread/Starch; 1 Fat
Attribution
Cinnamon Hearts - The Art of Living A Winning Diabetic Lifestyle