Low Fat Desserts = Guiltless Desserts

Healthy eating can include guilt-free low calorie desserts – so enjoy these low fat desserts that are inspired by delicious classics.

4 Slim-Down Techniques Featuring Low Calorie Desserts

With a few tweaks, you can rework classic desserts into low calorie desserts, while keeping them the delicious and beautiful finales they've always been.

Tips for Healthy Desserts # 1. Glazing a cake with melted jam

If the jam you're using has seeds, first press it through a fine-mesh strainer to remove them. Then warm the jam over low heat in a small nonstick saucepan or skillet, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Lightly spread warmed jam on the cooled cake. This glaze also will work on a pan of brownies, a pound cake, even a fruit tart.

Tips for Healthy Desserts # 2. Shaping tuile cups

Have ready 3 clean inverted small tumblers with smooth, round bottoms; custard cups; or a teacup with a very small handle. Hot from the oven, drape the soft cookie over each. Gently but firmly press on the tuile to shape it to the cup. (Protect your hand while touching the hot cookie with a folded cotton dish towel, cloth napkin or mitt.) As the cookie cools and hardens, it takes on a cup shape. Do not bake more than 3 cookies at a time because, once baked, the cookies must be shaped quickly before hardening. If cookies become too hard to shape, return cookie sheet to oven to soften cookies slightly.

Tips for Healthy Desserts # 3. Quick biscotti

You can eliminate one step by making biscotti into drop cookies. Instead of forming logs, drop the batter by rounded teaspoons onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake 30 minutes; switch position of sheets halfway through. Remove from oven and sprinkle cookies with confectioners' sugar. The result: a crisp, chewy cookie that's still the perfect pairing with a cup of tea or a latte. Makes about 3 dozen.

Keep reading to discover more tantalizing desserts that fit well into your overall healthy eating plan.