Here is a yummy sugar cookie recipe that we have used. We added almond as an optional addition since we love almond.
Ingredients (Makes 48 cookies):
2 3/4 cup flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp almond extract (optional)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
Directions:
1. Combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda in small bowl and set aside.
2. Creamed butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla (and almond extract).
3. Gradually add in dry ingredients.
4. Roll dough into balls and drop onto ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. Allow to cool for 2 minutes on pan before moving to cooling rack.
When we made these we halved the recipe (except the egg, we just still used one egg) and made 24 cookies. You could chill the dough if you want, but you don't have to before you scoop it out. We also frosted them with the (almond) butter cream frosting I am posting after this.
Nutrition (per cookie):
Calories: 82
Total Fat: 3.9 g
Saturated Fat: 2.4 g
Sodium: 63.9 mg
Total Carbs: 11.1 g
Sugars: 6.2 g
Protein: 0.2 g
UPDATE: I found another version of the recipe that is a little healthier, but I haven't actually tried it yet. When making the entire recipe (48 cookies) replace 1/2 cup of the butter with 1/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt. All directions are the same. This reduces the calories per cookie to about 70 or a little less (I haven't actually tried it, so I haven't put it in myfitness pal to find out). Let me know if you try it!
I made the cookies with the yogurt substitute. They tasted fine to us! They obviously weren't as buttery-soft like a normal sugar cookie but they were still soft and yummy. We used them to make the fruit pizza and they turned out great!
ReplyDeleteGood! I meant to call you today to ask how the fruit pizza turned out. How/what kind of changes did you make to the recipe I gave you? I can post it on here if you want. I just didn't want to post it until someone had made it! I wish I was there to have some!
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