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Light, airy cheesecake with whipped egg whites folded into the cream cheese filling, baked on a graham cracker crust and topped with sweetened sour cream, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Red, white, and blue ice cream pie with a blueberry muffin mix crust, French vanilla ice cream filling, and sugared strawberries on top. A Fourth of July dessert.

Reduced-sugar oatmeal cake with rolled oats, raisins, molasses, and warming cinnamon and nutmeg. Egg whites and a sugar substitute keep things lean. The lighter take on a Southern church-supper classic.

Strawberry brownie torte with fudgy brownie layers, strawberry-studded vanilla ice cream filling, and a homemade chocolate sauce. A frozen layered dessert that's easier to make than it looks.

No-bake orange-date balls made in the microwave with dates, orange zest, graham cracker crumbs, and whole wheat cereal, rolled in chopped nuts.

Chocolate snickerdoodles rolled in a cocoa-cinnamon-sugar coating. Chewy oat cookies with a crackly crust and deep chocolate flavor that beats the classic version.

Raspberry dream bars with a buttery shortbread base, a layer of raspberry jam, and a coconut-egg topping that bakes golden and chewy. Three layers of flavor in every bite.

Fresh blueberry pie with a sour cream custard filling, vanilla, and a pecan streusel topping. Creamy, fruity, and crunchy in every slice.

Two-layer apricot bars with a buttery shortbread crust and a brown sugar apricot topping. Dried apricots are simmered, pureed, and baked into chewy, fruity squares.

Lemon coconut squares with a buttery shortbread crust and a tangy lemon-coconut custard filling. Bright, chewy, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Zucchini Double Chocolate Cake: a 13x9 cake with cocoa batter, melted chocolate chips, chopped nuts, and two cups of shredded zucchini. Bakery-style alternating-addition method.

Italian almond-hazelnut biscotti twice-bake to crisp dipping cookies with lemon zest, almond extract, and toasted nuts. Lower-fat traditional Italian style, keeps a month in a tin.

Peanut-shaped peanut butter cookies with orange zest and a classic crisscross top. A fun, hand-shaped cookie that kids love to help make. Crisp edges, chewy centers.

Meringue-Topped Apples (Apfel Mit Meringue) recipe

Lo-fat holiday cheesecake made with nonfat cream cheese, lemon yogurt, and egg substitute on a graham crust, topped with cherry pie filling. Lighter classic for the dessert table.

Sugarplum black forest torte stacks four thin chocolate buttermilk layers with a fudgy chocolate-almond filling and almond whipped cream. A nutty twist on the classic, with toasted almonds in every bite.