Brownie mix, prepare for your debut in cheesecake. Cream cheese is your co-star, with applesauce making a surprise cameo appearance to help make this recipe a smart one.
We used better-for-you ingredients to make creamy caramel-vanilla pudding with sweet cream cheese topped with apples and nuts a smart way to serve dessert.
These easy-to-make buttery cookies owe part of their richness to the cream cheese. The dough is shaped into balls, baked and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Hasselback apples (happlebacks!) delight with cinnamon-sugar butter between the sliced apple layers, a crispy streusel sprinkle, and a dollop of ice cream on top.
Greek yogurt is the base of this thick and creamy version of hollandaise sauce and just a touch of mayonnaise and butter give it some richness. We've also subbed in a whole-wheat English muffins for a little fiber and whole-grain oomph. Eggs Benedict without the guilt—at last!