Cottage Cheese Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Whole-wheat flour
1/4 cup	59ml	Nonfat powdered milk
2 teaspoons	10ml	Baking powder
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt - (optional)
1/4 cup	59ml	Bran
1/4 cup	59ml	Wheat germ
1/2 cup	80g / 2.8oz	Raisins
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Reduced-calorie margarine - softened
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Low-fat cottage cheese
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Sugar
2 tablespoons	30ml	Honey
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Egg substitute
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla

Recipe Instructions

Sift the flour, dry milk, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Add bran, wheat germ, and raisins.

In a large mixing bowl, beat margarine and cottage cheese until smooth. Add the sugar and honey and beat until fluffy. Add the egg substitute and vanilla and beat the mixture again.

Stir the reserved flour mixture into the cottage cheese mixture until they are just blended.

Drop dough by the rounded teaspoonful about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets coated with nonstick vegetable cooking spray.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies turn golden. Remove the cookies from the pan to a rack to cool.

This recipe yields 30 cookies. Serving size: 2 cookies.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Fat, 1 Starch/Bread.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 132; Calories from Fat 27; Total Fat 4g; Saturated Fat 1g; Cholesterol 1mg; Sodium 180mg; Without Added Salt 142mg; Carbohydrate 19g; Dietary Fiber 2g; Protein 5g.

Source:
American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org

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