I like to make ice cream sandwiches by spreading softened, no sugar added, vanilla ice cream between two graham crackers before freezing. Sometimes I spread a bit of peanut butter on one of the graham crackers before adding the ice cream. Then I press a few sugar- free or semi-sweet chocolate chips around the edges of the softened ice cream. I like to make and freeze these in quantity for when I need a quick sweet treat.
Shortly after attending culinary school to become a pastry chef, I was diagnosed with diabetes. Mercy! I was devastated, as I absolutely loved to bake and loved to eat sweets. I experimented with a lot of artificial sweeteners and was mainly disappointed with the results. I thought, there has to be a better way to bake great tasting products from my kitchen that will be enjoyable for diabetics to eat. After all, our love of eating is what got most of us into this mess to begin with! After many experiments, I developed a formula that consistently turned out delicious confections even a non-diabetic would love. This blog contains the methods and results of my pastry creations. I am sharing my techniques in the hopes that you will experiment and perform your own culinary wizardry!
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