Thumbprint Cookies
Serves 24
This cookie is great to make for the Holidays. Sweetened with Equal®, it has less calories than a traditional recipe.
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 24 packets Equal sweetener*
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons 2% milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup sugar-free preserve of choice
*Substitute 1 cup Equal Spoonful for the packets.
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray baking sheets with cooking spray; set aside.
- Beat butter and Equal in a medium mixing bowl until well combined. Mix in egg, milk and vanilla until blended. Gradually beat in combined flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into 24 balls. Place on sprayed baking sheets. Press thumb deeply into dough to form a “thumbprint” indentation.
- Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove from baking sheet and cool completely on wire rack.
- Fill each cookie with about 1/2 teaspoon spreadable fruit just before serving.
Nutrition Information (per serving)
- Calories: 62
- Protein: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fat: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
- Sodium: 72 mg
Exchanges
- Fruit - 1/2
- Starch - 1/2