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Cookie a Day Recipe

"These chewy cookies, packed with wholesome and delicious ingredients, don't keep the cookie jar full very long," reports Holly Cicchirillo of Chino Valley, Arizona. "My husband and I devour these low-fat treats."

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Diabetic Friendly

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Cookie a Day Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 15 min./batch

Yield: 36 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

1 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 egg whites
1/2 cup apple jelly, melted and cooled
3 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup Wheaties
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions

In large bowl, combine the applesauce, egg whites and jelly. Combine dry ingredients; add to applesauce mixture. Stir in the remaining ingredients.
Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Flatten slightly. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 3 dozen.

Nutritional Facts One cookie equals 87 calories, 108 mg sodium, 0 cholesterol, 17 g carbohydrate, 17 g protein, 2 g fat. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch.

Originally published as Cookie a Day in Taste of Home February/March 2000, p17