From the author of more than a dozen wonderful cookbooks, including Light Muffins and Light Desserts, comes the must-have cookbook for making irresistible sweets and breads that are naturally low in fat. Beatrice does not believe in torturing a recipe to make it a pale, low-fat shadow of its former self. If a recipe can't be successfully adapted to a reduced-fat version, it's not in this book! Beatrice Ojakangas' Light and Easy Baking is filled with more than 200 recipes.

For cookies, cakes, cobblers, pies, muffins, and sweet and savory breads that have little fat, yet lots of character and flavor. Using substitutes such as fruit purees in place of shortening and low-fat dairy products instead of full fat, Beatrice presents hundreds of dazzling light choices. Mocha Chocolate Cake, Berry-Filled Sponge Cake Layers, Cranberry-Raisin Streusel Cheesecake, and Swedish Onion-Rye Bread are just a few of the selections that will make eating well a.

Pleasure. Beatrice knows that if a baked good leaves you feeling deprived, then what's the point? And, always the teacher, Beatrice explains how she created these low-fat versions of America's favorite indulgences, so that readers can apply the same techniques to their own favorite recipes. The recipes' easy, accessible style, and clearly defined simple steps can make anyone feel like the world's greatest baker.