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Almond Cookies (low carb). Ingredients: 1 + 1/8C flour (optional: can replace 1/3C flour with 1/3C almond flour) (Optional) 1TBS corn starch [you can skip it] 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda Pinch salt 1/4C sugar (or use only 3TBS) 1/2C almond meal + 1/3C finely chopped almond (or use 1/2C+1/3C almond meal total) 2TBS melted butter (optional: replace melted butter with oil) 5TBS oil 3/4 egg white Topping Egg wash: 1 egg yolk + 1/4 egg white Chopped walnut, slivered almonds or sliced almonds

Italian style sesame seed cookies, buttery like shortbread. Ingredients: 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup butter, 2 teaspoons baking powder, dash salt 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 to 2 1/2 cups sesame seeds traditionally white seeds are used, but black sesame seeds can make a nice variation or use both to make an attractive desert tray

Yi demonstrates the preparation and cooking of a low sugar apple tart. Ingredients are listed at the end of the video. Short version: Crust: 1/2 C flour, 2.5TBS cold butter, ½ tsp sugar, ¼ tsp salt, 3~4 TBS sour cream Filling: 1 large sweet firm apple such as Fuji, red delicious, or gala, 1 tsp sugar, ¼ tsp cinnamon, pinch salt, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1/2 to 1 tsp butter for doting Egg wash: 1 egg+ 1tsp water mix well, will only use 1TBS max