What Is Prune puree and How Can I Use It?
If prune puree has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 12 recipes to try it in.
| In Chinese: | 李子酱 | |
| British (UK) term: | Prune puree | |
| en français: | purée de pruneaux | |
| en español: | puré de ciruela |
Recipes using prune puree
There are 12 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Cappuccino Cupcakes
Cappuccino cupcakes blend espresso into a moist chocolate batter lightened with prune puree as a butter substitute. Topped with whipped cream and cocoa for that cafe-style finish.
Mom's Low-Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft chocolate chip cookies made with prune puree instead of butter for moist, fudgy texture. Brown sugar and vanilla create rich flavor at just 145 calories per cookie.
Chocolate Walnut & Flaxseed Bundt Cake
This delicious chocolate bundt cake contains ground flax seeds, chopped walnuts, buttermilk and bittersweet chocolate, not only tasty but also full of goodness.
Fantastic Fruit Muffins
Fantastic fruit muffins: low-fat whole wheat muffins with oats, pear, cranberry, and golden raisin. Prune puree replaces butter for natural moisture; egg whites keep them light and healthy.
Marbled Pumpkin Cheesecake Squares
Marbled pumpkin cheesecake squares swirl a tangy cream cheese topping into a spiced pumpkin batter built with prune puree instead of butter or oil. Lower-fat fall dessert with cinnamon, ginger and clove.
Christmas Orange Bread
A moist Christmas quick bread with orange juice, mashed banana, prune puree, candied fruit, raisins, and nuts, topped with a thin powdered sugar icing and glacé cherries. Freezes beautifully for gifting.
Low Fat Devil's Food Cookies
If you are a major fan of Devil's Food Cake you will enjoy every second of these scrumptious cookies.
Reduced-Fat Carrot Cake
Reduced-fat carrot cake swaps most of the oil for prune purée, then layers three moist spiced cakes with light cream cheese frosting. Toasted walnuts, grated carrots, and crushed pineapple build full carrot cake flavor with less fat.
Low-Fat Devil's Chocolate Fudge Cake
Indulge into this rich and decadent cake that is perfect for chocolate lovers!
Black Forest Chocolate Fudge Cake
Black Forest chocolate fudge cake bakes the cherry-and-chocolate classic into a moist bundt, with dark sweet cherries and toasted walnuts running through a deep cocoa crumb. Prune puree keeps it fudgy and light.
