Low-Fat Gingerbread Cookies
Being healthy doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy in the holiday fun. This cookie recipe has about half the fat of a typical gingerbread cookie, so go ahead and indulge just a little. Your family won’t even notice a difference.
Ingredients:
* 3 Tbsp. coconut oil, softened
* ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
* ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
* 1 egg
* 1/3 cup dark molasses
* 3 cups flour, plus more for dusting
* 1 tsp baking soda
* 2 tsp ground ginger
* 1 tsp ground cinnamon
* ½ tsp allspice
* ¼ tsp ground cloves
In a large mixing bowl, beat the coconut oil, sugar and applesauce until smooth. Add the egg and molasses, mix well. In another large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and spices. Add to sugar and molasses mixture, stirring well. Divide the dough into two flat balls; cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375°F. Generously dust the surface of your working area with flour before rolling out the dough. Keep one ball in the refrigerator while you work with the other.  Roll the dough out to 1/4 or 1/8-inch thickness. Sprinkle a little flour on top of the dough if it’s too sticky. Use your favorite cookie cutters to shape your cookies. Place cookies 1 or 2 inches apart on a baking sheet. Bake 7-8 minutes.
Servings: 48
Servings size: 1 cookie
56 calories
11 g carbs
1 g fat
1 g protein
