- prep: 20 min
- cook: 20 min
- total: 40 min
Summary
Less-Sugar Sugar Cookies are fun to make, use whole grain flour, less sugar, less fat, and make a manageable amount. Best of all, kids love to help make and eat them!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups White Whole Wheat Flour (180g)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 2 tbsp butter (28g)
- 2 tbsp low fat Cream cheese (28g)
- 1/3 cup sugar (66g)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla or almond extract
- 1 tbsp skim milk
- food coloring (optional)
- Decorating Glaze (recipe below)
- 2 tbsp powder sugar
- 1 tsp water (or 1/4 tsp extract + 3/4 tsp water)
- squirt of food coloring
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 126 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 3 g 4.21%
- Saturated Fat: 2 g 7.65%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 6 mg 2.1%
- Sodium: 75 mg 3.11%
- Calcium: 21 mg 2.11%
- Potassium: 68 mg 1.93%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 5.62%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 21 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 3 g 10.94%
- Sugar: 8 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 1.48%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0.19%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat0
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs1
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq