Skinny Sugar Cookies 2 Ways!
Servings: makes about 16 cookies (will vary based on size of cookie cutters)
Calories: 57 calories each for regular sugar cookies OR 48 calories each for gluten free sugar cookies
Weight Watchers Points Plus Value:
Skinny Sugar Cookies: 2 pp each
Skinny Gluten Free Cookies: 1 pp each; 3 pp for 2; 4 pp for 3
Icing: 2 additional pp for 1/8 cup frosting on each cookie
- 16
Ingredients
- Skinny Sugar Cookies:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar substitute, OR 1 tbs stevia, (or to taste)
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract, (or an additional 1/2 tsp vanilla extract)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (or you could do half ww pastry flour and half all-purpose flour)
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- Skinny Gluten Free Sugar Cookies:
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (or an additional 1/2 tsp vanilla extract)
- 4 egg whites
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 cup sugar substitute of choice OR 1 tbs stevia, (or to taste)
- 1 cup coconut flour (can be found at most health food stores. You can also get it on Amazon.com )
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Preparation
Step 1
Method:
In a medium bowl, cream together butter, and sugar substitute with a mixer until fluffy. Add egg, and extracts and beat until combined.
In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder. Gradually add dry ingredients to wet, until just combined. (Don’t over work dough or it will get tough).
Wrap dough and place it back in the fridge to chill for about 30 minutes, or until dough is cold. (Note: While you are working with the dough, if it gets difficult to work with, it’s because the butter in the dough is too warm, an easy fix is to place the dough in the freezer for about 5 minutes, or until it’s cold again, and it will roll out and cut into shapes nicely again!)
When ready to cut cookies out, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, (or foil and spray with cooking spray).
Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface (use coconut flour for gluten free) and cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Place on baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes for regular sugar cookies, OR for 18 minutes for gluten free sugar cookies.