Cookies - Day 1

I promised cookies yesterday, so here we go. The first set appear to be about as goody two shoes as you can get. Appropriate because I snagged the recipe from Good Housekeeping. By the way, their recipe search engine is pretty cool. You can find recipes by calories, different lifestyles and more. Use the advanced search option and you'll be surprised at what you find.

The only problem I see with this recipe is that (despite using whole wheat flour) there is no fiber content. On the other hand, most sugar cookies have 75-100 calories AND no fiber, so I should count my lucky sugar crystals. Speaking of counts, the nutritional ones are below the recipe.

Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:
1 c - all-purpose flour
1 c - white whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp - baking powder
1/4 tsp - salt
1 c - sugar
1/2 c - trans fat-free vegetable oil spread (60% to 70% oil)
1 - large egg
2 tsp - real vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:
On sheet of waxed paper, stir together flours, baking powder, and salt.

In large bowl, with mixer on low speed, beat sugar and vegetable oil spread until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until light and creamy, about 3 minutes, occasionally scraping side of bowl with rubber spatula.

Reduce speed to low; beat in egg and vanilla, then beat in flour mixture just until blended.

Divide dough in half; flatten each half into a disk. Wrap each disk with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or until dough is firm enough to roll.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough 1/8 inch thick.

With 2-inch cookie cutters, cut out as many cookies as possible; wrap and refrigerate trimmings.

With lightly floured spatula, place cookies, 1 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet.

Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. With thin metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.

Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (Serving size = 1 cookie)
Calories 35
Total Fat 1g
Saturated Fat --
Cholesterol 3mg
Sodium 20mg
Total Carbohydrate 5g
Dietary Fiber --
Sugars --
Protein 1g
Calcium --

Now remember, these are unfrosted, as soon as you decorate you pump up the calories and fat. I will try to find a low-fat frosting recipe for tomorrow. Beware, every store bought brand I find is wholly unhealthy. In fact, read the label and you will be shocked. Then again, I say that about many products that are boxed, jarred or canned.

Well, more cookies tomorrow. I am headed to Fitness World West.

Yours in health, Kate