Healthy Phyllo Dough Recipes

This sweet dessert pastry is made with thin, flaky, buttery layers of phyllo dough and filled with sweet apricots, lightly salted pistachio nuts, and a bit of brown sugar. An apricot caramel sauce is drizzled over the cooled baklava and the entire dessert is sprinkled with coarse salt, providing a sweet and salty bang with each bite.

These gul, or rose-shaped, pastries are savory with a sweet touch from sautéed onions and sun-dried tomatoes. A little vinegar in the olive oil used for brushing the layers of phyllo keeps the dough pliable and easier to coil.

Butter-flavor cooking spray works great as a substitute for the melted butter traditionally brushed on strudel pastry.

Tart, sweet and dried cherries fill a phyllo crust in this pie. Serve with vanilla frozen yogurt.

Reminiscent of the ever-popular cheese straws, these savory, flaky cheese bites are a guaranteed hit for any occasion.

Frilly layers of phyllo dough surround the festive spinach and sun-dried tomato filling in a dressed-up version of Greek spanakopita. Serve these as a main dish for supper and you're sure to please vegetarians and omnivores alike.

Combining nonfat yogurt cheese (or low-fat cottage cheese) with crumbled reduces the fat, yet still yields a full-flavored result in these cheese-filled phyllo triangles.

Try this recipe for frozen mini baklava bites using low-fat frozen yogurt the next time you want to whip up a quick dessert. Shelf-stable mini phyllo cups are widely available, but for this recipe the frozen cups are best.

Phylllo-filled fruit triangles dipped in an orange- and honey-flavored, yogurt-based sauce--this dessert takes only 40 minutes to prepare.

We've trimmed the fat in these fruity, honey- and cardamom-flavored dessert bites by using nonstick cooking spray, rather than butter, on the phyllo dough.

These crispy Parmesan nibbles are perfect for entertaining because they can be prepared in advance and stored in tins or frozen.

The tangy mustard is a pleasing accent to the sweet tomatoes in this easy-to-prepare tart.

Savory lamb and sweet golden raisins fill these delicious phyllo triangles.

Crispy shards of phyllo dough on top of the creamy crab mixture provide an interesting--and tasty--contrast.

Smooth chocolate and butterscotch contrast nicely with crunchy peanuts and sea salt in each bite of these mini dessert treats.

Crisp little phyllo dough shells get a creamy pumpkin filling.

All across Wisconsin, Scandinavian and German bakeries start firing up with the onset of crisp, cool autumn days; the lines soon grow long for fresh fall-fruit pastries. For most of us, rich strudel wouldn't be an everyday affair. But with walnut oil (instead of copious amounts of butter) and fresh pears, it can, nevertheless, become a decadence-free indulgence, perfect for your next dinner party. Serve it with frozen nonfat vanilla yogurt or vanilla crème anglaise.

Instead of using butter when layering the phyllo dough in this cranberry cheesecake recipe, we use cooking spray which is a great no-fat substitute.

Asparagus and roasted shallots are a delicious filling for herbed phyllo shells.

This creamy trout and cucumber filling contrasts with the pleasant crunch of the tartlet shell.

Phyllo dough, low in calories and fat, is a crisp counterpoint to the creamy cheese filling in this luscious strudel.

This dessert recipe is a take on clafouti--a layered, traditional French dessert full of cherries and covered with a thick batter. This version serves up mini tarts full of plums instead of cherries, and a lighter filling made from fat-free milk and light sour cream.

Phyllo nests are a delicate, crisp contrast to the tender baked pears and luxurious caramel sauce.

Seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon, mint and lemon, these lamb-filled phyllo triangles are a tasty addition to your cocktail party or Mediterranean-themed buffet.