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For a festive holiday treat that is healthy
try Low Fat Icebox Cookies
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Ingredients:
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Per Cookie: Calories 57, Calories from Fat 17,
total Fat 2g (sat 1.2g), Cholesterol 5mg, Sodium 27mg, Carbohydrate 9.5g,
Fiber 0.1g, Protein 0.6g |
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until well blended. Add egg white and vanilla and beat until well combined. Gradually stir in flour mixture with a wooden spoon or spatula. Gather dough in a ball and on a piece of wax paper form the dough into a 6-inch log. Wrap and place in the freezer for 3 hours. When ready to bake cookies, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat. Remove cookie dough from freezer and slice into 1/4-inch rounds. Sprinkle with seasonal sugars if you like. Place 1-inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes until lightly golden. |
Easy Ways to Cut
Fat in Cooking
- Use nonstick
cooking spray instead of butter or oil; or at least choose liquid oils
over solid fats (preferably canola oil or olive oil)
- Choose extra-lean meat and skinless chicken
breasts
- Trim all visible fat from meat
- Grill, broil, bake, braise,
steam, poach, and microwave foods instead of frying them. Sautéing is ok
with minimal amounts of oil, or use nonstick spray or broth instead
- Drain fat from cooked meats and blot them with
kitchen paper if necessary
- Use vegetables, beans or whole grains to
replace some of the meat content of burgers or meatloaf
- Coat chicken and fish in breadcrumbs rather
than batter, and bake them instead of frying them
- Choose chicken or turkey sausages instead of
pork or beef sausages
- Choose Canadian bacon or turkey bacon instead
of regular bacon
- Use one egg and two egg whites per person in
your favorite egg dishes or cakes; or cut fat and cholesterol completely
by using egg substitute
- Substitute two meat dishes each week for fish
or vegetarian meals
- Use fat-free chicken broth or fat-free milk in
mashed potatoes, soups, gravies and stews
- Try fat-free evaporated milk in creamy soups
and casseroles instead of heavy cream
- Top your pies or line your tarts with phyllo dough instead of regular pastry
- Oven-fry potatoes instead of making or buying
French fries
- Use herbs, spices, fruits and salsas to flavor
your food
- Substitute reduced fat cheeses for full-fat
ones, and cut the amount you use
- Choose reduced fat sour cream or yogurt
instead of full-fat versions for stews, dips and spreads
- Use reduced fat or fat-free cream cheese
instead of the regular version for cheesecakes
- Replace some of the fat in baked goods with
applesauce, plain nonfat yogurt or low fat buttermilk
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