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I've been on a healthy kick lately, and trying out different recipes...
I want to try to make vanilla wafers (I know cookies aren't healthy, but, you know, you still have to have cookies once in a while!) ...but want to make them healthier.
I am trying to drastically reduce the sugar in my diet...so I want to try to see about making these with as little sugar as possible and see if we still like them.
But I want to run the changes by someone who bakes all the time to see if any of what I intend to do would change the flavor or texture so significantly that the end result won't even resemble a cookie or a vanilla wafer
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar ( I was thinking of replacing this with unsweetened apple sauce. Or maybe do 1/4 cup white sugar, 3/4 cup apple sauce?
1 egg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour I was thinking of replacing this with whole wheat flour. Or should I maybe do 1/2 cup wheat, the rest white?
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix the dry ingredients thoroughly into butter mixture. Drop cookies about 2 inches apart, 1 teaspoon at a time, onto ungreased baking sheets.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.
Thanks all!
I want to try to make vanilla wafers (I know cookies aren't healthy, but, you know, you still have to have cookies once in a while!) ...but want to make them healthier.
I am trying to drastically reduce the sugar in my diet...so I want to try to see about making these with as little sugar as possible and see if we still like them.
But I want to run the changes by someone who bakes all the time to see if any of what I intend to do would change the flavor or texture so significantly that the end result won't even resemble a cookie or a vanilla wafer
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar ( I was thinking of replacing this with unsweetened apple sauce. Or maybe do 1/4 cup white sugar, 3/4 cup apple sauce?
1 egg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour I was thinking of replacing this with whole wheat flour. Or should I maybe do 1/2 cup wheat, the rest white?
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix the dry ingredients thoroughly into butter mixture. Drop cookies about 2 inches apart, 1 teaspoon at a time, onto ungreased baking sheets.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.
Thanks all!