Fran Larson

Weight Watcher Yummy Cookies: Oatmeal, Peanut Butter and Easy Pumpkin-Popular With My Friends


Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2009

by Fran Larson
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Oatmeal Cookies "2"

1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup applesauce
3 tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine
1 large egg
1 teaspoon maple extract
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1 cup raisins
2 3/4 cups rolled oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Butter-flavored cooking spray

In a medium mixing bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Stir well to combine. Add next 5 ingredients. Stir well until the mixture is creamy and is mixed well. Fold raisins into sugar mixture. Set aside. In a separate mixing bowl, combine rolled oats, flour, baking soda and baking powder. Stir ingredients well. Pour sugar mixture into the oat mixture and still until mixed well.
For best results, refrigerate cookie dough for at least an hour before rolling it ou. t Roll cookie dough into small 1-inch balls and place on an insulated baking sheet sprayed with pam leaving 2 inches between each ball. Bake at 350* for 12 minutes and remove from oven.
Yeild 36 cookies
My calculations are 1 1/4 points per cookie
* For crisp cookies, flatten dough balls with the back of a spoon or spatula.
* For chewy cookies, leave the cookies mounded in the middle.


Easy Pumpkin Cookies

1 box spice cake mix
1 can pure pumpkin -- (15 oz.)

Mix together and drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for around 10 minutes or until firm. Allow to cool. Makes 48 cookies. These are so soft and good. Notes: 1 point each
*you can use a white cake mix and add 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice*





Peanut Butter Cookies

1/4 cup margarine -- softened
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup Splenda
1/2 cup brown sugar -- packed
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 to 2 cups flour
sugar

In a large mixing bowl, beat the margarine, applesauce and peanut butter with a mixer on medium to high for 30 seconds. Add the sugar, brown sugar, baking soda and baking powder. Beat until combined. Beat in the egg whites and vanilla. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in the remaining flour. If necessary, cover and chill dough until easy to handle. Shape dough into one inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet and flatten with fork dipped in sugar.Bake in 350* oven for 12-15 minutes, until bottoms are lightly browned. Makes 36 cookies
NOTES : 1 point each


Francine Larson:

Co-Author of Character Keys to a Bright Future.

She is a freelance writer

Francine Larson has a new book that just came out, "The Lure of Annabelle Key Lighthouse," an exciting Christian Teen Novella. You may view it at: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/115229/

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