Sticky toffee pudding isn’t normally associated with Weight Watchers’ regimes but this recipe has 8 Weight Watchers’ ProPoints per serving. Three and a half weeks into the new year and I have been alcohol-free and raw food chomping. I’ve even slurping wheat grass and banana smoothies for breakfast. So it’s probably time I let my hair down a bit without doing too much damage. Hence the appearance of this relatively virtuous sticky toffee pudding. It’s from the new Weight Watchers recipe book, The Complete Kitchen. Unusally, it’s available to buy without attending a Weight Watchers members’ meeting.
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Weight Watchers
You’ll have noticed I often create mini portions of sweet treats on Maison Cupcake. A guaranteed technique to minimise calories without enjoyment is to make something really tasty but use pre-measured serving sizes. If you eat a single ready baked pudding, you’re likely to enjoy it as much as if you’d dolloped a huge serving from a large dish. But without eating too much of it by mistake.
So stir up the custard and spray those ramekins! Weight Watchers tend to recommend low-calorie cooking sprays. I’m a bit on the fence about these myself but supposedly they’re 1 calorie per spray. Look for olive oil based versions as these tend to be less nasty. Personally I prefer to dab a little oil on some kitchen paper and swipe it around the dish surface. But if you prefer to use sprays go ahead.
Sticky Toffee Pudding (Weight Watchers)
Ingredients
- 4 sprays cooking spray calorie controlled
- 50 g margarine soft, polyunsatured
- 50 g muscovado sugar dark or light
- 1 egg medium, whole, beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 50 g flour wheat, white, self raising
- 1 banana medium sized
- 25 g dates raw without stone, chopped
- 1 tbsp milk skimmed
- 4 tbsp golden syrup level
- 300 g custard low fat, ready to serve
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F.
- Spray 4 individual pudding basins or ramekin dishes with low fat cooking spray.
- Beat the margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the egg then stir in the vanilla extract. Sift in the flour and fold it in with a large metal spoon. Mash the banana and stir it in with the dates and milk.
- Put 1 teaspoon golden syrup into each pudding basin or ramekin. Spoon the creamed mixture on top.
- Cover tightly with pieces of foil. Stand the basins or dishes in a small roasting pan or baking dish and pour in enough warm water to come halfway up their sides.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until set and golden. Cool for a few moments whilst you heat the custard, then run a knife around each one and turn them out. Serve with the custard.
Notes
Nutrition
Reproduced with permission by the publisher in order to promote the launch of this book. From the new Weight Watchers’ book The Complete Kitchen by Tamsin Burnett Hall.
I’ve been eating pretty healthy since the first of the year too. This looks too luscious to be healthy.
Yum Sarah! I’m a WeightWatchers devotee…because I think it is so supportive and teaches a sensible & sustainable way of eating! This pud looks lovely, thanks for sharing it. Hope you have a great weekend xo Rachel
This pudding looks wonderful!
Cheers,
Rosa
Is the banana element missing in the ingredients list? I assume it’s just the one banana….
Oops you are quite right, I am adding this in now. Thanks for pointing it out.
This looks really good, I love the idea of baking it in ramekins rather than one big one. Yummy. Making it tonight
Little ramekins are so pretty and look smart. Hope you enjoy the pudding!