LEMON WHIRLIGIGS WITH RASPBERRIES
From spinach1948 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 10
Golden whirligigs with a tart lemon flavor float on a ruby raspberry sauce in this delectable dessert. This can also be made with Blackberries. Adapted from Vicki Ayres's recipe posted in the Taste of Home along with the photo.
Ingredients
- Ingredients: shopping list
- 2/3 cup sugar or sugar substitute shopping list
- 2 Tbs. cornstarch shopping list
- ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg shopping list
- 1/8 tsp. salt shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- 3 cups fresh raspberries shopping list
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- 1 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 tsp. baking powder shopping list
- ½ tsp. salt shopping list
- 3 Tbs. shortening shopping list
- 1 egg, lightly beaten shopping list
- 2 Tbs. half and half cream shopping list
- ¼ cup sugar or sugar substitute shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted shopping list
- 1 tsp. Grated lemon peel shopping list
- Cool Whip light and additional raspberries, optional shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven at 400.
- In a saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
- Place in an un-greased 1 ½ quart shallow baking dish; pour hot sauce over top. Bake un-covered, at 400.for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven; set aside.
- For whirligigs, combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Cut in shortening until crumbly. Combine egg and half and half; stir into crumb mixture to from a stiff dough.
- Shape into a ball. On a lightly floured surface. Roll out into a 12-inch x 6-inch rectangle. Combine the sugar, butter and lemon peel; spread over dough to within ½ -inch of edge. Roll up, jelly roll style, starting at a long side. Cut into 10 slices; pat each slice slightly to flatten. Place on the berry mixture.
- Bake un-covered, at 400 for 15 minutes or until whirligigs are golden. Garnish servings with cool whip and raspberries if desired.
- Serving size: 1
- Nutritional Values: Calories per serving: 206, Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 29mg, Sodium: 259mg, Carbohydrate: 34g, Fiber: 3g, Protein: 2g
- NOTE: This is Diabetic friendly, Gastric bypass friendly, and for anyone.
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mmmm, my sweet tooth's a humming.
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This is a good one.
5 forks.
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Another great one! Thanks
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