A: Baking is a fun holiday tradition and homemade treats make a great gift. Better yet - with a few small modifications to your recipe you can create the same great taste as the original with much less fat and fewer calories.

Don't worry - no one will even notice!

Use two egg whites or 1/4 cup egg substitute in place of one whole egg.

Replace half of the fat (butter, margarine, oil, etc...) in the recipe with applesauce, mashed bananas or pureed prunes, pears, peaches or apricots. Fruit purees mimic many of the functions fat performs in baking. However, some fat is still needed to achieve tenderness so use a combination of fat and fruit.

When using cake mixes you can eliminate the oil by using nonfat sour cream or evaporated skim milk.

Substitute cocoa powder for unsweetened chocolate.

Use low fat evaporated or condensed milk for heavy cream to achieve the same creamy consistency.

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