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Ten Holiday Baking Tips to Save Time, Cut Calories and Reduce Sugar Intake  
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Cookbook author Lisa Jobs offers practical tips on better ingredient choices, time saving tools and healthier alternatives when preparing homemade desserts this holiday season.

1.	Use parchment paper on cookie sheets instead of greasing them with shortening or spray.
2.	Instead of using regular cream cheese, try Neufchatel, the low fat version of cream cheese.
3.	Use sea salt and unbleached flour instead of regular table salt and all-purpose bleached flour.
4.	Use unsweetened dried fruit instead of dried fruit sweetened with extra sugar.
5.	To soften your butter cut it in small pieces and heat it in a microwave-safe dish.
6.	Use stevia extract instead of sugar or artificial sweeteners for your holiday treats and greatly reduce your calories, carb intake and sugar intake.
7.	When choosing white chocolate chips or baking bars, be sure to buy a brand, like Ghirardelli, that contains only the cocoa butter as the "fat" ingredient and avoid those that only contain sugar, hard vegetable fat and have artificial chocolate flavoring.
8.	If you don't have time to make or simply don't know how to make homemade piecrust, be sure to use all-natural brands available at your local health food store or natural foods grocers.
9.	Use all-natural peanut butter.
10.	To prevent your cheesecake from cracking, don't over beat the batter, and make sure cake is firm around edges but center still "jingles" a little when pan is shaken.

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