Sugar Cookie Cutouts
Recipe from Diabetic Living

Here's a low-calorie, lower-fat version of traditional sugar cookie dough. Roll out and shape it for all your favorite holiday cookies.


Sugar Cookie Cutouts


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Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 36 mins
Servings: Makes about 48 cookies.
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Ingredients
 
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  • 1/4  cup  butter, softenedOn Sale
  • 1/2  cup  sugar or sugar substitute-sugar blend* equivalent to 1/2 cup sugarOn Sale
  • 1  teaspoon  baking powderOn Sale
  • 1/4  teaspoon  saltOn Sale
  • 1/4  cup  canola oilOn Sale
  • 1/4  cup  refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed, or 1 eggOn Sale
  • 1  teaspoon  vanillaOn Sale
  • 2-1/2  cups  sifted cake flourOn Sale
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Directions
1.
In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt; beat until combined, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Add oil, egg, and vanilla; beat until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour. Divide dough in half. Cover and chill for 1 to 2 hours or until easy to handle.
2.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough, half at a time, to an 1/8-inch thickness. Using a 2-1/2-inch cookie cutter, cut into desired shapes.* Place cutouts 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Reroll scraps as necessary.
3.
Bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are firm and just starting to brown. Transfer to a wire rack; cool. Makes about 48 cookies.

Sugar Substitutes
Choose from Splenda Sugar Blend for Baking or Equal Sugar Lite. Follow package directions to use product amount equivalent to 1/2 cup sugar.PER COOKIE WITH SUBSTITUTE: same as above, except 44 cal., 5 g carbo.Carb Choices: 0

Note
Nutrition facts are based on 1 cookie.

Test Kitchen Tip
To make holes in cookies for hanging, use a drinking straw to cut holes in cookies before baking.
Nutrition information
Calories 48, Total Fat 2 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 3 mg, Sodium 26 mg, Carbohydrate 6 g, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%. Exchanges: Other Carbohydrate .5, Fat .5. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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how-tos
How to Make Sugar Cookies from Scratch
When you know how to make sugar cookies from scratch, you're baking up a piece of food history. Though some of the first cookie-like cakes originated in Persia as early as the 7th century A.D., true sugar cookies (or biscuits, depending on where you live) are thought to be an American original. Specifically, from Nazareth, Pennsylvania, where a large majority of the settlers were German Protestants. That's why, in the early days, the sweet treats were sometimes called "Nazareth Sugar Cookies."

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