Special Ladyfinger Dessert

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 10 min.
Yield 2 servings
Test Kitchen Approved
Folks will swear you fussed over our Test Kitchen’s party-pretty dessert, but it couldn’t be much easier or quicker to whip up. Best of all, who’d believe such a sweet finish to the meal could be so light?

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces fat-free cream cheese
  • 1 tablespoon Mascarpone cheese
  • 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
  • 6 ladyfingers, split
  • 2 tablespoons reduced-sugar strawberry preserves
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking cocoa
  • 2 fresh strawberries

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, combine the cheeses and confectioners' sugar. Split ladyfingers; spread cheese mixture over top halves and preserves over bottom halves. Sandwich halves together. Dust with cocoa. Garnish with strawberries.

Nutrition Facts

3 pieces : 178 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 56mg cholesterol, 307mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 1g fiber), 7g protein.

Folks will swear you fussed over our Test Kitchen’s party-pretty dessert, but it couldn’t be much easier or quicker to whip up. Best of all, who’d believe such a sweet finish to the meal could be so light?
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