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Who hasn’t mixed up a batch of homemade cookies at least once in their lifetime? How irresistible it is to pull a batch of cookies or brownies from the oven and dig in before they’re even cool enough to handle. What a shame that such a great pleasure should be overshadowed by guilt over consuming too much fat and too many calories!
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One Smart Cookie
Authors: Julie Van Rosendaal
Date: October 2000
ISBN: 0968756301
Publisher: One Smart Cookie Inc.
Paperback
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Makes: 3 dozen
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Dough:
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1/4 cup stick margarine or butter, softened
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1/3 cup sugar
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1/3 cup packed brown sugar
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1 large egg white
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1 1/4 cups flour
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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Filling:
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2 tablespoons liquid honey
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2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
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1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
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2 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts or pecans
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In a medium bowl, beat margarine, sugar and brown sugar with an electric mixer for 1 minute, until well combined. Beat in egg white and vanilla until smooth.
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In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the sugar mixture and stir by hand just until you have a soft dough.
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Roll the dough between two sheets of waxed paper into a 12-inch square. Place on a cookie sheet in the fridge for about 30 minutes or in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
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Remove dough from the fridge and peel off the top layer of waxed paper.
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Drizzle honey evenly over the dough, then sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts, going almost to the edges. Gently roll into a log, peeling back the bottom paper as you go. Wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap and freeze for 3 hours, or up to 3 months.
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When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Slice the log into 1/4-inch slices and place 1-inch apart on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until pale golden. Let cool on the sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. If you like, drizzle the cooled cookies with vanilla drizzle 1 cup icing sugar mixed with 2 tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
Per cookie: 52 calories, 1.5 g fat (0.2 g saturated fat, 0.9 g monounsaturated fat, 0.3 g polyunsaturated fat), 9.1 g carbohydrates, 0 mg cholesterol, 44.2 mg sodium, 0.2 g fiber. 26% calories from fat.
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