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Heart Friendly Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. lemon extract
2 egg whites
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup skim milk

Directions:

 
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or spray with nonstick spray.  In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, canola oil, vanilla, lemon extract and egg whites until fluffly. Combine flours, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Stir flour mixture into wet ingredients, a little at a time, alternating with skim milk. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or overnight.  Roll dough out onto a lightly floured surface about 1/8-inch thick. Cut into desired shapes. Transfer to prepared cookie sheets. Bake 10 minutes or until just browned around the edges. Cool completely. Decorate with cream cheese frosting if preferred.

Yield: Makes 3-4 dozen cookies.

Nutritional Analysis per serving:

Per cookie, based in 40:  64 caolories, 2 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 24 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein, 0% Vitamin A, 13% Vitamin C, 1% calcium, 2% iron

Recipe Source: Saint Thomas Heart

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