Skinny Cookies For Santa
Applesauce Brownies, created by Cami Wells, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension:
Preheat oven to 375. Combine oil, applesauce and cocoa. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and stir into the mixture. Pour the batter into a greased and floured 9-inch square pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until top is set. Toothpick will come out clean. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Makes 16 servings. Each serving has 100 calories, 5.6 grams of fat and 13 grams of carbohydrate.
Raspberry Rugelach, taken from Shape Magazine, which offers more healthy cookie recipes.
Mix flour and butter in a food processor until mixture forms small chunks of dough. Add cream cheese and process again until dough holds together. Divide into three equal balls. Flatten each portion of the dough into disks; wrap them in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350. Spritz a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle half of it on the surface where you'll roll out the dough. Roll one disk into a 10-inch circle. Next, spread 3 tablespoons of preserves on top of the dough. Sprinkle with one-third of the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture and one-third of the chopped pecans. Cut the circle into 16 pizza slices-like wedges. Starting on the wider outside edge, roll up each wedge. Transfer to the cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Repeat with other two disks of dough.
One cookie has 67 calories, 4 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 2 g protein, 1 g fiber, 12 mg calcium and 22 mg sodium.
- 1/3 C vegetable oil
- 1/2 C unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1 C all-purpose flour
- 1 t baking powder
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- 1 t vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 375. Combine oil, applesauce and cocoa. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and stir into the mixture. Pour the batter into a greased and floured 9-inch square pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until top is set. Toothpick will come out clean. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Makes 16 servings. Each serving has 100 calories, 5.6 grams of fat and 13 grams of carbohydrate.
Raspberry Rugelach, taken from Shape Magazine, which offers more healthy cookie recipes.
- 1 1/2 C whole-wheat flour
- 8 T cold butter, sliced
- 12 oz. low-fat cream cheese
- cooking spray
- 1/4 C sugar
- 1 t cinnamon
- 9 T sugar-free raspberry preserves
- 1/2 C pecans, toasted and chopped
Mix flour and butter in a food processor until mixture forms small chunks of dough. Add cream cheese and process again until dough holds together. Divide into three equal balls. Flatten each portion of the dough into disks; wrap them in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350. Spritz a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle half of it on the surface where you'll roll out the dough. Roll one disk into a 10-inch circle. Next, spread 3 tablespoons of preserves on top of the dough. Sprinkle with one-third of the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture and one-third of the chopped pecans. Cut the circle into 16 pizza slices-like wedges. Starting on the wider outside edge, roll up each wedge. Transfer to the cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Repeat with other two disks of dough.
One cookie has 67 calories, 4 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 2 g protein, 1 g fiber, 12 mg calcium and 22 mg sodium.
