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