Rolled Natural Sugar Cookies

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Rolled Natural Sugar Cookies

 

Recipe By :Annie Berthold-Bond

Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 cup unsalted butter

1 1/2 cups choice of whole foods sweetener *

2 eggs

3 teaspoons vanilla

2 3/4 cups organic whole wheat pastry flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

 

Cream the butter and in a large mixing bowl. Beat in the eggs one at a time,

then stir in the vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients in a small bowl, and

stir into the butter mixture a bit at time, blending thoroughly as you go.

Pat the dough into a ball, cover, and refrigerate for at least three hours

or overnight.

 

Lightly flour a cutting board, and roll dough out to about 1/4-inch thick.

Cut out cookies with cookie cutters. Decorate with colorful pieces of fruit,

such as pieces of organic blueberry and cranberry, grated carrot, diced

cucumber peels, and apricots. Place cookie on a lightly greased cookie sheet

and bake in a preheated 350 F oven until golden, about 8 minutes.

 

Description:

" Children love these colorful and festive holiday cut-out cookies that

are made from whole foods and decorated with colorful fruits and

vegetables. Not only will they not know what they are " missing "

compared to decorating with candy, but there is a great chance that

they will come to love this new tradition associated with the holiday

season. "

Yield:

" 4 Dozen "

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 1795 Calories; 193g Fat (96.1% calories

from fat); 13g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 870mg Cholesterol;

669mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 37 1/2 Fat.

 

NOTES : *Sweetener Equivalents for 1/2 Cup of Sugar

 

Barley Malt: 1 1/2 cup

Date Sugar: 1 cup

Fruit Juice Concentrate: equal to sugar

Granular Fruit Sweeteners: equal to sugar

Honey: 1/3 cup

Maltose (from sprouted grains): 1 1/4 cup

Maple Syrup: equal to sugar

Molasses: 1/3 cup

Rice Syrup: 1 1/4 cup

Sorghum Syrup: 1/3 cup

Sucanat: equal to sugar

Organic sugar: equal to sugar

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0