(makes 24 cookies)
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup margarine, softened
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup mashed, cooked acorn squash
- 1¼ cups whole wheat flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Low-fat cooking spray
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream sugar and margarine at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and mashed squash; beat well.
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine baking powder, whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, then add dry ingredients to the squash mixture, mixing well.
- Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls 2-inches apart onto cookie sheets sprayed with low-fat cooking spray.
- Bake at 350ºF for 15-18 minutes.
- Makes 20-25 cake-like cookies.
Make 24 Servings:
Weight loss recipes Amount Per Serving (1 cookie (28 g)): 101 Calories, 1 g Protein, 12 g carbohydrates, 1 g Dietary Fiber, 6 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 118 mg sodium