| One of the things that most low carb eaters | | | | cookie sheets. I find they come out better if |
| miss is cookies and deserts. These days, | | | | I flatten the dough down on the sheet. Bake |
| however the low carber need not go without as | | | | at 350 for 12 minutes, let cookies cool on |
| there are new ingredients you can use for | | | | trays for 2 minutes, then transfer to wax |
| baking that have few or even no carbs. | | | | paper or wire racks for further cooling. |
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| Here's a couple of recipes for low carb | | | | Makes 5 dozen cookies |
| cookies that you might enjoy: | | | | |
| | | | Serving size = 1 cookie |
| Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies | | | | |
| | | | Carbs = 5.5 gramscalories = 40 |
| I reduced some of the fat in this recipe by | | | | |
| eliminating 1 egg yolk and replacing oil with | | | | Ginger Spice Cookies |
| apple sauce. You can reduce the fat and | | | | |
| calories by about another 25% by using lowfat | | | | These cookies are only mildly spicy, but if |
| margarine instead of butter, but watch out | | | | you want more zing just add more of the |
| for the trans fats in whatever you decide to | | | | spices! |
| substitute. | | | | |
| | | | Ingredients |
| Ingredients | | | | |
| | | | ½ cup butter softened |
| 1 ¾ cups Atkins Bake Mix | | | | |
| | | | ½ cup Splenda |
| 1 ½ cups Splenda | | | | |
| | | | 1 1/3 cup Atkins Bake Mix |
| 1 teaspoon baking soda | | | | |
| | | | ½ tsp baking soda |
| ½ teaspoon salt | | | | |
| | | | 1/4 tsp salt |
| ¾ cup butter | | | | |
| | | | 1 egg |
| 1 egg | | | | |
| | | | 1 tbsp vanilla extract |
| 1 egg white | | | | |
| | | | ½ tsp ginger |
| ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce | | | | |
| | | | ½ tsp nutmeg |
| 1 teaspoon vanilla extract | | | | |
| | | | ½ tsp cinnamon |
| ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips | | | | |
| | | | Preheat Oven to 375 degrees F. |
| Preheat oven to 350. Combine Bake mix, | | | | |
| Splenda, and baking soda in a bowl and set | | | | Beat butter and Splenda until creamy. Add egg |
| aside. In another bowl combine margarine and | | | | and vanilla and mix well, until light and |
| sugar beating until creamy. Add eggs, | | | | fluffy. Add Atkins Bake Mix, baking soda, |
| applesauce, vanilla and mix well. Combine wet | | | | salt and spices and mix until well blended. |
| and dry ingredients and use a mixer on low | | | | |
| speed to blend well. Fold in chips. | | | | Drop by rounded teaspoons onto baking sheet. |
| | | | Bake 7 to 8 minutes. |
| Drop dough by level teaspoons onto greased | | | | |