If you're late to the prune game, don't worry. Plenty of people are just discovering the latest research surrounding prunes and their potential health benefits. Prunes show promise in multiple areas ...

How do you substitute prune puree for fat when making baked products? It’s easy to cut fat from baked products by substituting prune puree for butter or shortening in brownie, cake and cookie recipes.

First there were low-fat cakes made with egg whites instead of whole eggs. Then health-conscious cooks substituted oil for solid shortening. Now, sweets-lovers have a third technique for making ...

I know you’re going to laugh when you read this, but prune brownies are really pretty good. All kidding aside, the California Prune Board has been experimenting with substituting prune puree or prune ...

In a recent Food section, Eat Right, Live Well columnist Toby Smithson shared several insights on how to cut dietary fat. Her suggestions, such as substituting fat-free plain Greek yogurt for sour ...

Rather than just taking the prune or applesauce industry’s word for it, I decided to put prune puree and applesauce to the test as fat substitutes. Although the information I received about using ...

When people found out I was pregnant last year, they started asking if I would be sharing baby food recipes in my food column. I am at the stage now where I am making homemade vegetable and fruit ...

Do applesauce and prunes have anything in common? Well, they both belong to the fruit family. But where the apple is revered as all-American, a symbol of the larger-than-life city of New York, prunes ...

Who knew that the lowly prune, er, make that dried plum, might be the solution nervous hamburger fans are looking for? Turns out that one tablespoon of pureed prunes added to a pound of beef kills ...