Yummy, low-fat, low-sugar blueberry turnovers.
Blueberry Triangles
- 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries,
slightly thawed
3 1/2 teaspoons Equal® for Recipes or 12 packets Equal®
sweetener or 1/2 cup Equal® Spoonful
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 to 4 teaspoons cold water
Reduced-Fat
Pie pastry or favorite pastry for 9-inch pie
Skim milk
1/2 teaspoon Equal® for Recipes or 1 1/2 packets Equal®
sweetener or 1 tablespoon Equal® Spoonful
- Rinse blueberries; drain slightly and
place in medium saucepan. Sprinkle berries with 3 1/2 teaspoons
Equal® for Recipes or 12 packets Equal® sweetener or
1/2 cup Equal® Spoonful and cornstarch; toss to coat.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly,
until berries begin to release juice and form small amount of
thickened sauce. (Add water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if bottom
of saucepan becomes dry.) Cool; refrigerate until chilled.
- Roll pastry on floured surface to 1/8-inch
thickness; cut into 8 (5-inch) squares, rerolling scraps as necessary.
Place scant 2 tablespoons blueberry mixture on each pastry square.
Fold squares in half to form triangles and press edges together
to seal. Flute-edges of pastry or crimp with tines of fork; pierce
tops of pastries 3 or 4 times with tip of knife.
- Brush tops of pastries lightly with milk
and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon Equal® for Recipes or 1 1/2
packets Equal® sweetener or 1 tablespoon Equal® Spoonful.
Bake on foil-or parchment-lined cookie sheet in preheated 400°F
(205°C) oven until pastries are browned, about 25 minutes.
Makes 8 triangles.
Nutrition Information Per Serving (1 triangle):
147 cal., 2 g pro., 21 g carbo., 6 g fat, 0 mg chol., 134 mg
sodium.
Food Exchanges: 1/2 Fruit, 1 Bread, 1 Fat.
Recipe provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the
NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®.
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