Does anyone have a simple lowfat sugar cookie recipe?

Low Fat Sugar Cookies


Healthy Christmas Recipe


Ingredients:


1 cup sugar


1/3 cup olive or vegetable oil


1 tablespoon vanilla


2 egg whites or egg substitute equivilant to 1 egg


2 1/2 cups flour


1/2 teaspoon salt


1/2 teaspoon baking soda


1/2 teaspoon salt


1/4 cup skim milk








Directions:


Whisk together first four ingrediants. Stir in remaining ingrediants until thoroughly mixed.





Chill dough at least 1 hour.





Roll out on floured surface to 1/8th inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Place on non-fat cooking sprayed cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.





Note:


Recipe yield may vary depending on dough thickness and the cookie cutter used. The nutritional analysis was calculated by combining all of the ingredients and dividing by 30 servings.





Frost with powdered sugar with milk stirred in until desired consistency and colored sugars or other decorations of choice.





Number of cookies depends on the size of cookie cutters used, as does the amounts in the nutrition analysis.

















Low Fat Frosted Sugar Cookies


10 tablespoons margarine, softened


2 tablespoons fat-free sour cream


1 egg


1 teaspoon lemon extract


1 cup confectioner's sugar


2 cups all-purpose flour


1 teaspoon baking powder


1/4 teaspoon salt


ground cinnamon, as garnish





Sugar Frosting


2 cups confectioner's sugar


1/2 teaspoon lemon or vanilla extract


2 to 3 tablespoons fat-free milk








Yield: 6 Dozen Cookies





Preheat oven to 375掳F.





Beat margarine, sour cream, egg, and lemon extract in medium bowl until smooth; mix in sugar. Mix in combined flour, baking powder, and salt. Refrigerate dough 4 to 6 hours.





Roll dough on floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut cookies into decorative shapes with 2-inch cookie cutters. Bake on greased or sprayed cookie sheets until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.





Make frosting by mixing confectioner's sugar, lemon or vanilla extract, and enough milk to make spreadable consistency.





Frost cooled cookies with frosting; sprinkle very lightly with cinnamon.





Per Cookie:


48 Cal; 2 g Total Fat (0.5 g Sat Fat): 8 g Carb; 3 mg Cholesterol; 45 mg Sodium


Exchanges:


1/2 StarchDoes anyone have a simple lowfat sugar cookie recipe?
For chocolate cookies replace shortening or margerine with baby food prunes.


For white cookies, apple sauce. Use egg whites-2 for every single egg...and use sugar substitutes.Does anyone have a simple lowfat sugar cookie recipe?
Low Fat Holiday Sugar Cookies


* 5 tbsp butter, softened


* 3/4 cup sugar


* 1 egg


* 1 tsp vanilla extract


* 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour


* 1 tsp baking powder


* 1/4 tsp salt





PREPARATION:


Using a mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanilla, mixing well. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter and sugar until dough forms.Wrap dough in plastic and chill for two hours in the refrigerator.





Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to a 1/4-inch or 1/8-inch thickness. Use holiday cookie cutters dipped in flour to make cutouts. Gather scraps and reroll until all the dough is used.





Place cookies 1 inch apart on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire rack after 1 minute to cool.





Makes 30 cookies, depending on size of cookie cutters used.
I have a low calorie, low fat, low sugar (yes! real sugar) and high fibre oats cookie. Actually more than oats, and it tastes absolutely great.





Recipes under Cookies and Cakes in my blog
LOW - FAT SUGAR COOKIES





1 1/2 c. confectioners' sugar


1 c. tub butter, room temp.


1/4 c. skim milk


1 tsp. vanilla extract


1/2 tsp. almond extract


2 1/2 c. flour


1 tsp. cream of tartar


1 tsp. baking soda





Cream sugar and butter. Add milk and extracts. Stir in flour, tartar and soda and mix well with mixer. Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Divide dough in half and roll each half out to 1/4'; thick on lightly floured board. Cut into shapes and place on lightly oiled baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes or until golden. Let cool 3 to 4 minutes before removing from baking sheet