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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
1 package (18.5oz) lowfat yellow cake
1 mix
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 can (16oz) cooked pumpkin
2 tbsp oil
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 frosting
3 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp grated orange peel
3 tbsp to 4 orange juice
Directions
Heat oven to 350f. Lightly grease cookie sheets. In large bowl,
combine all cookie ingredients; mix until well blended. Drop dough by
1/4 cupfuls onto cookie sheets, spread to 3 circle with back of
spoon. Bake 14-20 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
Immediately remove from cookie sheets, cool completely.
Combine all frosting ingedients, adding enough orange juice to reach
proper spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies. Decorate with
candy corn and raisins, if desired.
Per cookie: 230 calories, 3 g protein, 47 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber,
4 g fat (15%), 13 mg cholesterol, 200 mg sodium, 85 mg otassium, 1
starch,
2 fruit and 1 fat exchange.
Servings: 18
Diet Pumpkin Spice Cookies Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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The low-cal diet
Put simply, the low-cal diet states that if you are going to diet successfully, the most important step is to take in fewer calories than you need. What is a calorie? The calorie is the standard unit for energy measurement in dieting. The calorie is the amount of heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade. If something has higher calories, then it will turn into more energy when your body converts it. Low-cal food types include boiled potatoes, green pepper, guava, beef, and eggs. Superfoods containing carotenes (includes paprika, rose hip puree and sweet potatoes) These fruit and veg contain carotenes thought by doctors to play a role in minimizing the risk of cancer, specifically of the the esophagus. Many are also good for weight loss, so make sure you add them to your diet system. |