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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup margarine
1/3 cup granulated sugar replacement
3 tbsp granulated fructose
1 egg
1/4 cup liquid fructose
Directions
Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon,
allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and salt; set aside.
Using an electric mixer, beat margarine until light.
Combine sugar replacement and fructose in a bowl;
stir to mix. Add granulated sugar replacement and
granulated fructose into creamed margarine. Beat in
egg and liquid fructose. 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
~ 2g; Calories - 21.
Exchanges per serving: 1/3 bread exchange.
Source: Diabetic Cookies; by Mary Jane Finsand.
Formatted by: Nancy Filbert; December, 1995
Servings: 75
Diet Spice Spritz Cookies Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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