Mom's Southern Pecan Pie -

1 c Fruit sweetener

1 tb Cornmeal

1/3 c Unsweetened applesauce or --applebutter 3 tb Water

2 tb Cornstarch

3 Eggs

2 ts Vanilla extract

2 tb Very strong coffee or -espresso (prepared - not -grounds) 24 Pecan halves

9" pie pan. In large bowl, combine fruit sweetener, cornmeal and applesauce/butter. Beat with electric mixer. In small bowl, blend water and cornstarch until smooth. Add to fruit sweetner nixture and blend. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla and coffee. Pour mixture into pie shell. Decorate top with pecan halves. Bake

30 to 40 minutes - or until custard is set - at

375 degrees.

1 bread,

1 fruit,

2 fat exchanges.

211 cal,

9g fat,

28g carb,

69mg sod,

3g protein,

82mg chol This recipe was posted by Sherry Eckert on *P - ID

80A and she got it from SWEET INSPIRATIONS SUGAR FREE DESSERT COOKBOOK. To make fruit sweetner - cook four cups of fruit juice until it is reduced to one cup. If you like it sweeter add Sweet One. OR if a recipe calls for 1/2 cup fruit sweetner, use

1/2 cup frozen fruit juice plus half as much (1/4 cup) granulated fructose.

2/3 cup is called for use

2/3 cup concentrate plus

1/3 cup granulated fructose. Commercial fruit

21 JAN

1996 083110 -0500 (EST) --