50 Calorie Cinnamon Toast Recipe
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My grandmother was a happy camper; she enjoyed fishing on the river bank, cooking at the campfire and just relaxing by the water. My mother remembers how she used to take a new cast iron skillet on the camping trip with her and toss it into the fire to season it. When they are new - anything and everything sticks to them; but once cured and seasoned - oh baby.
My mother was scarred by those camping trips. Her or my dad never took me and my brother camping. We used to play in the backyard and rig-up sheets as play-tents, then when the sun went down we'd get frightened and head [run] indoors. But that was our extent of camping.
My mother disliked the biting flies and mosquitoes, the stench of dead fish on the river bank - and the smell of campfires - so to each their own.
I would imagine that my grandmother prepared many slices of cinnamon toast when camping, along with her locally famous flapjacks - although she called them johnnycakes.
But as we can see, a slice of delicious cinnamon toast can be quite pricey in calories, and of course - those unwanted fat grams.
Therefore, let's see if we can skinny-up this southern comfort food. It's particularly good with a cup of hot cocoa.
Let's use a lower calorie bread selection to start with; our slice contains 50 calories and is a regular size slice of bread.
Now let's spread it with reduced fat margarine for an additional 40 calories; sad - but this almost doubles the caloric values but it is what it is. Now we'll add the ground cinnamon; notice that we omitted the sugar.
Let's cook the toast in our toaster oven, under a broiler or on the stove in a non-stick pan. Frankly, I like it best when it is prepared in the toaster oven.
Once the toast turns a golden color, remove and sprinkle with sugar substitute. Or, if you can limit the sugar content, sprinkle some onto the margarine before adding the ground cinnamon.
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To prepare a lower calorie cup of cocoa, use reduced fat milk - about one cup for 90 calories. While the milk is heating in the microwave mix together 1 Tablespoon of dark chocolate powder (cocoa powder) or you can use regular rather than the dark - with just a small spoon of water.
It will quickly make a paste. Add a couple of packets of sugar substitute and when the milk is warm, stir it in; top with a few mini-marshmallows if desired.
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