Blueberry Cookies
Low Fat Dessert Recipes – Blueberry Cookies
These American style cookies will be a hit with the kids, and you can enjoy them without a hint of guilt.
Blueberry Cookies
Makes: 12 cookies
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 mins
Calories per serving: 83
Ingredients:
75 g (2 3/4 oz) low fat polyunsaturated margarine
5 tablespoons artificial sweetener
1 egg, beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
a pinch of salt
175 g (6 oz) self raising flour, sifted
grated zest of a lemon
150 g (5 1/2 oz) fresh blueberries
Step By Step:
1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180ºC/fan oven 160ºC and line two baking sheets with baking parchment.
2. Cream together the margarine and sweetener until light and fluffy and then add the egg and vanilla extract and beat again. Add the salt, flour and lemon zest. Stir together until you have a smooth dough.
3. Place tablespoons of the dough on to the baking sheets, spaced well apart and shape each one into a round. Press the blueberries into the top of the cookies and bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
Cook’s tip:
Use vanilla essence (or extract), rather than vanilla flavouring, which may smell like vanilla, but is nothing like the real thing.