Recipe for cooking low-fat snickerdoodles

Low-Fat and Low-Calorie Recipes :: Dessert Recipes

Low-Fat Snickerdoodles

Posted by Annette at recipegoldmine.com 9/23/2001 12:34 pm

1/3 C. butter, softened
1 C. sugar
3 egg whites
2 3/4 C. flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 C. low-fat buttermilk
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 Tbsp. sugar

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

Mix together the butter and sugar, add the egg whites and beat well.

In another bowl, Mix together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.

Add the buttermilk and the dry mixture to the butter mixture, and stir to Mix together.

Mix together the cinnamon with the 2 Tbsp. of sugar.

Taking a tsp.ful of dough at a time, roll the dough into a ball in your hands, then roll it in the cinnamon-and-sugar mixture.

Place on the prepared baking sheet 2 in. apart and bake in the preheated oven for about 8 min., or until browned lightly.

Nutritional values per cookie: 45 cal.; 1 gram fat; 3 milligrams cholesterol; 46 milligrams sodium; 8 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; trace of fiber