Special Ladyfinger Dessert Recipe

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Folks will swear you fussed over our Test Kitchen’s party-pretty dessert, but it couldn’t be much easier or quicker to whip up. Best of all, who’d believe such a sweet finish to the meal could be so light?

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Special Ladyfinger Dessert Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 10 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

2 ounces fat-free cream cheese
1 tablespoon Mascarpone cheese
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
6 ladyfingers, split
2 tablespoons reduced-sugar strawberry preserves
1/4 teaspoon baking cocoa
2 fresh strawberries

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the cheeses and confectioners' sugar. Split ladyfingers; spread cheese mixture over top halves and preserves over bottom halves. Sandwich halves together. Dust with cocoa. Garnish with strawberries. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 3 pieces equals 178 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 56 mg cholesterol, 307 mg sodium, 27 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 7 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Special Ladyfinger Dessert in Cooking for 2 Winter 2007, p11