Cherry Pie Dessert is one of my favorite indulgences. I can serve it up after dinner, the traditional time, but also I love to spoon a piece of cherry pie for my mid day snack. I have also taken a few liberties and had my fruity cherry pie for breakfast. 
So when I was diagnosed with diabetes, it was a blow to think that I had to give up the making and enjoying of a cherry pie dessert… if I wanted to keep my glucose under control.
Then, I found this wonderful recipe for cherry pie dessert, which has some sugar but is a much more healthy choice for diabetics. I made it and ate it and my testing numbers were in the safe zone. That's when I realized that I can have really yummy food that I love as long as I make a few variations. For example, in my mouth, this cherry pie dessert tastes the same as the old fashioned slice of pie that I used to eat. It's different, yes, but the real difference is that this variation of cherry pie dessert won't cripple me or kill me. Enjoy!
Cherry Pie Dessert
Ingredients
20 oz. can of cherry pie filling, light
1/2 package of yellow cake mix
1/4 cup Smart Balance Butter
1/3 cup walnut pieces (optional)
Directions
Place pie filling in slow cooker sprayed with Pam
Mix dry cake mix with butter until crumbly; and sprinkle evenly over the filling.
Place walnuts over top as evenly as possible.
Cover and slow cook on Low for 4 hours.
Cool and serve in a lovely dessert bowl with Breyers No Sugar Ice Cream on top
Serves 8
Stores beautifully
Ingredients
20 oz. can of cherry pie filling, light
1/2 package of yellow cake mix
1/4 cup Smart Balance Butter
1/3 cup walnut pieces (optional)
Directions
Place pie filling in slow cooker sprayed with Pam
Mix dry cake mix with butter until crumbly; and sprinkle evenly over the filling.
Place walnuts over top as evenly as possible.
Cover and slow cook on Low for 4 hours.
Cool and serve in a lovely dessert bowl with Breyers No Sugar Ice Cream on top
Serves 8
Stores beautifully
Nutritions: Calories 137; Total Fat 4 gm; Cholesterol 0; Sodium 174 g; Carbohydrate 26; Dietary Fiber 1 gm; Sugar 19 gm; Protein 1 gm.
Tip: Scoop out a few serving size portions from the leftovers, and freeze individually. That makes it easy to pull out a snack, defrost and enjoy. The best part of this "scoop and save" is that you won't be able to sit and eat this cherry pie dessert all in one or two days, which sort of defeats the purpose of making a healthy dessert in the first place.
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