Pumpkin Spice Cookies (using Equal)
From: wendy.Ohio
Weight Watcher Points - 1 Point

1/2 cup margarine, softened
9 teaspoons Equal® for Recipes
or 30 packets Equal® sweetener
or 1-1/4 cups Equal® SpoonfulT
1 cup canned pumpkin 1 teaspoon orange extract
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 cup reduced-fact sour cream
1/2 cup raisins, finely chopped
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
1/4 cup chopped pecans
4 tablespoons Equal® for Recipes
or 40 packets Equal® sweetener
or 1-2/3 cups Equal® SpoonfulT
2 to 3 tablespoons skim milk or orange juice
ground cinnamon

Beat margarine and 9 teaspoons Equal® for Recipes until fluffy in large bowl; beat in pumpkin and orange extract. Mix in combined flours, baking soda, salt, and spices alternately with sour cream. Mix in raisins, orange rind, and pecans.

Spoon batter by heaping teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake cookies in preheated 375F oven until browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Mix 4 tablespoons Equal® for Recipes with enough warm milk to make a thin glaze consistency; brush lightly on warm cookies and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cool on wire racks.
Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Nutrition information per serving:
56 cal., 1 g pro., 7 g carb., 3 g fat, 1 mg chol., 62 mg sodium
Food Exchanges: 1/2 bread, 1/2 fat
37% calorie reduction from traditional recipe