5 Sugar Free Thanksgiving Desserts

Thanksgiving overindulgence is made healthier and calorie friendly with these 5 sugar-free Thanksgiving desserts. Great for health-conscious families, these rich and tasty sugar-free desserts offer the perfect solution.

No Sugar Pecan Pie

• 3 eggs
• 5 tsp. sugar substitute for baking
• 1 cup sugar-free breakfast syrup
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup pecan halves
• Pie dough for a single 9-inch crust

1. Whisk the eggs and sugar substitute together. Add breakfast syrup, melted butter and pecan halves.
2. Use the pie dough to line a 9-inch pie pan and pour the pecan pie filling on top.
3. Cover edges with foil and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
4. Remove foil and bake for additional 25 minutes.

Free Range Thanksgiving Fruitcake

• 1 cup golden raisins
• 1 cup currants
• 1/2 cup sun dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup sun dried blueberries
• 1/2 cup sun dried cherries
• 1/2 cup dried apricots, chopped
• Zest of one lemon, chopped coarsely
• Zest of one orange, chopped coarsely
• 1/4 cup candied ginger, chopped
• 1 cup gold rum
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 oz. unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks)
• 1 cup unfiltered apple juice
• 4 whole cloves, ground
• 6 all spice berries, ground
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1-1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup toasted pecans, broken
• Brandy for basting and/or spritzing

1. Mix dried fruits, candied ginger, zest and rum. Soak overnight. A quick alternative is to microwave the mixture on high for 5 minutes.
2. Pour mixture into a pot together with the sugar, apple juice and spices. When the mixture reaches boiling point, reduce heat and simmer for five to ten minutes. Remove from stove and cool.
3. Mix all dry ingredients into fruit mixture and beat together, adding eggs individually. Fold mixture, spoon into a nonstick loaf pan and bake for one hour at 325 degrees. Insert a toothpick into the middle of the cake; if it comes out clean, the cake is done. If sticky, bake for another ten minutes.
4. Cool cake and baste top periodically with brandy until cake is cool enough to turn out from the pan. 

Sugar-Free Pumpkin Pie

• 1 (9-inch) baked pie crust
• 1 (.25 oz.) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 2 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 (15-oz.) can pumpkin puree
• 1 (12 fluid oz.) can evaporated milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 16 packets aspartame artificial sweetener  

1. Mix the gelatin, cornstarch, spices and salt in a large saucepan and stir in pumpkin and evaporated milk. Rest for five minutes. Bring to boil over medium heat until bubbles form. Allow to cook for another two minutes and take off stove.
2. Beat the eggs in a mixing bowl and add one cup of the cooked mixture to the eggs bit by bit. Cook the remaining mixture for two minutes over low heat without boiling. Remove from stove and cool, before adding the artificial sweetener.
3. Pour the mixture into the pie crust and refrigerate overnight or for at least six hours. Top with whipped cream.

No Sugar Thanksgiving Apple Pie

• 3 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
• 12 oz. unsweetened apple juice concentrate
• 6 cups thinly sliced apples
• 1 recipe pastry for a 9-inch double crust pie

1. Mix the cornstarch, cinnamon and 1/4 of the apple juice, while whisking continuously.
2. Soften apples in the remaining apple juice over medium heat in a large saucepan.
3. Stir in corn starch until thick. Pour mixture into bottom crust and cover with top crust. Bake for 45 minutes in 350-degree oven.

Sugar-Free Maple Cookies

• 1/2 cup reduced fat margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup peeled, shredded tart apple
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. maple flavoring
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup brown sugar substitute, such as Splenda
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1. Mix the margarine, sour cream, apple, eggs, maple flavoring and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the flour, sweetener, baking soda.
2. Drop tablespoons of mixture onto sprayed baking sheets.
3. Bake for nine to ten minutes at 375 degrees or until lightly browned.