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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
1 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar replacement
1/4 cup granulated fructose
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp maple flavoring
2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp cardamom
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 dash salt
Directions
Using an electric mixer, beat shortening until
light.
Combine sugar replacement and fructose in a bowl;
stir to mix. Gradually beat sugar replacement mixture
into creamed shortening. Beat in egg and vanilla and
maple flavoring.
Combine flour, cardamom, baking powder and salt in
a mixing bowl; stir to mix. Gradually stir flour
mixture into creamed mixture. Press dough from a
cookie press (use thin setting or small tip) onto
ungreased cookie sheets, following press
manufacturer's directions.
Bake cookies at 375F. degrees or 8 to 10 minutes,
or until edges of cookies are delicately browned. Move
to cooling racks.
Yield: 75 cookies.
Serving size: 1 cookie.
Nutritional information per serving: Carbohydrates
~ 3g; Calories - 19.
Exchanges per serving: 1/4 bread exchange.
Source: Diabetic Cookies; by Mary Jane Finsand.
Formatted by: Nancy Filbert; December, 1995
Servings: 75
Diet Cardamom Maple Spritz Cookies Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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