Healthy Cut-Out Cookies Recipe - Cooking Index
These whole wheat-enriched cookies will be best sellers at any bake sale. You can find interesting cookie cutters, such as kid-pleasing dinosaur shapes, in kitchen shops or craft stores.
Courses: Dessert, Vegetarian1 1/2 cups | 93g / 3.3oz | Unbleached all-purpose flour |
3/4 cup | 46g / 1.6oz | Whole wheat flour |
1 teaspoon | 5ml | Baking powder |
1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Salt |
1/3 cup | 78ml | Low-fat firm silken tofu |
1 cup | 198g / 7oz | Egg (large) |
= (or equivalent egg substitute) | ||
1 cup | 198g / 7oz | Sugar |
1/3 cup | 78ml | Vegetable oil |
2 teaspoons | 10ml | Vanilla extract |
1 | Royal Icing or No-Egg Icing - (see recipes) |
In medium bowl, combine both flours, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In food processor, process tofu until smooth. Add egg, sugar, oil and vanilla; process until smooth, stopping once or twice to scrape down sides of work bowl. Add flour mixture and pulse on/off several times just until dough clumps together. Transfer to lightly floured surface and knead several times. Divide dough in half and press each piece into shape of a disk. Dust each with flour and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line several baking sheets with parchment paper or coat with cooking spray.
Working with 1 disk at a time, on lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Using cookie cutter, cut out shapes. Place cookies about 1/2-inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Gather scraps, re-roll and cut.
Bake cookies, one sheet at a time, until light golden around edges, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire rack and cool completely. (Cookies will keep in airtight container for up to 1 week.) Decorate with Royal Icing or No-Egg Icing. Let stand until icing has hardened, 30 to 45 minutes.
This recipe yields 32 cookies.
Per Cookie: 129 Cal; 2g Prot; 3g Total Fat (0 Sat. Fat); 25g Carb.; 6mg Chol; 26mg Sod.; 0g Fiber.
Source:
Vegetarian Times, September 2001
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