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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
3/4 cup margarine, softened
8 oz pkg. reduced=fat cream cheese, soft, ened
2 1/2 tsp equal measure or 8 pkts. equal swee, tner
2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup black cherry or seedless raspberry, spreadable fruit
Directions
SOURCE; Home Swwet Home With Equal cookbooklet, The NutraSweet Co.,
copyright 1994. Equal, NutraSweet and the Nutrasweet symbol are
registered trademarks of The NutraSweet Co. MM Format Ursula R.
Taylor.
Beat margarine, cream cheese, and Equal Measure in medium bowl until
fluffy; mix in flour and salt, forming a soft dough. Refrigerate,
covered, until dough is firm, about 3 hours.
Roll dough on lightly floured surface into circle 1/8 inch thick,
cut into rounds with 3 inch cutter. Place rounded 1/4 teaspoon
spreadable fruit in center of each round; fold rounds into halves and
crimp edges firmly with tines of fork. Pierce tops of cookies with
tip of sharp knife.
Bake cookies on greased cookie sheets in preheated 350~ oven until
lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Nutrition information per cookie: 80 cal, 1 g pro, 7 g carbo, 5 g
fat, 4 mg chol, 78 mg sodium. Diabetic Food Exchanges: 1/2 bread and
1 fat.
Servings: 36
Diet Cream Cheese & Jelly Cookies Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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