Low-Point Lemon Cookies

All cookies don't have to be overly sweet to be wonderful. These satisfying lemon cookies are made with Bisquick. They have a great lemony "cake" flavor and are a wonderful treat with your morning, noon, or evening coffee. :)

Low-Point Lemon Cookies

Ingredients:

- 1 cup Heart Smart Bisquick baking mix

- 1/4 cup vegetable oil

- 1 egg

- 1/2 tsp. baking powder

- 1 tsp. vanilla

- 2, 1 oz. boxes of sugar free, fat free instant pudding (any flavor)

- 2 Tbs milk
- Powdered sugar, sifted on top after baking (optional)

Mix well and form into little balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten with a fork. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 1/2 to 9 minutes. Sift powdered sugar on top after baking for a little added sweetness. If you'd like a printer-friendly version of this recipe, Click Here.

Total servings = 21 

Serving size = 1

Points per serving = 1.3
*Tip: I made this recipe again using Chocolate Sugar Free Fat Free Instant Pudding but I added 1/2 cup Splenda granulated sugar. If you'd like a sweeter option, just add Splenda. (For those who prefer to use regular table sugar vs. Splenda, using 1/2 cup regular sugar, each enjoyable cookie would be 1.7 pts. instead of 1.3.)

"There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn't matter who gets the credit." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Low-Point Garbanzo or Chick Pea Salad

During this time of year, a lot of people prefer to save their "points" or higher-calorie foods for divine holiday desserts. If you're one of these people, make sure your low-calorie lunch or supper is healthy! This very healthy low-point Garbanzo salad has a delicious flavor and light enough to fill up on so you won't go overboard this season on the sweets.


Low-Point Garbanzo or Chick Pea Salad
Ingredients:
- 1, 15 oz. can Garbanzo beans, drained
- 1/2 to 1 cucumber, chopped (or 2 stalks celery, chopped) or both :)
- 18 grape or cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 1/2 red onion, chopped fine (or a little bit of onion powder)
- 24 small, pitted, black olives, drained and chopped
- 2 oz. crumbled fat free Feta cheese
- 1 Tbs lemon juice (optional)
- 1 Tbs olive oil
- seasonings to taste (I used pepper and Goya Adobo All Purpose Seasoning)
Mix all ingredients and serve! How easy is that? :) If you'd like a printer-friendly version of this recipe, Click Here.
Total servings = 4 (1 cup) servings
Serving size = 1 cup
Points per serving = 3.6 (for 1 cup), 1.8 (for 1/2 cup)
*Tip: You can make this salad 3 pts. for 1 cup by using 12 black olives (chopped) instead of 24 and also by leaving out the 2 oz. of Feta cheese and just adding 1 Tbs of it to your portion after you put it on your plate.

Low-Point (Diabetic) Chocolate Chip Cookies

A few people have asked if I have any cookie recipes for diabetics. That, I do! :) I have made these chocolate chip cookies for several of my friends who are diabetic and they enjoy them very much. The only problem is, so do we! Therefore, after I bake them I have to quickly move them to a tray and mark them as "cookies to be given away." If you know of anyone you would like to share this recipe with or bake these cookies for, they're incredibly easy to make and very delicious to eat.


Diabetic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Light butter
- 1/3 cup Splenda Granulated Sugar Substitute
- 1/4 cup Splenda Brown Sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup and 2 Tbs flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 Tbs milk
- 3/4 cup Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolates (chopped)
Combine butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda, and milk. Mix well. Blend in the chopped chocolates. Drop by spoonfuls on cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 8 or 9 minutes. If you'd like a printer-friendly version of this recipe, Click Here.
Total servings = 12
Serving size = 1
Points per serving = 2.6

Low-Point Kolocky (or Thumbprint) Cookies

If you're Polish, you're probably very familiar with these delicious "Kolocky" cookies. If you're not Polish, you're probably very familiar with these delicious "Thumbprint" cookies! :)  Either way, these cookies are very simple to make, very low-point, and the type of cookie you can make as "sweet" as you desire.


Kolocky or Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter (I used Land O Lakes Light Canola butter)
- 1 cup flour
- 3 oz. fat free cream cheese
- Any flavor fruit spread (A sugar free Red Raspberry fruit spread was used for this batch).
Mix butter, flour, and cream cheese in a mixer. Roll out on flour board, thinner than cutout cookies, thicker than paper. Cut out little circles and place on cookie sheet. Make a small indent in the center and add a small teaspoon of any flavor fruit spread in the center. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until the bottom is light golden. Sprinkle with a little powdered sugar if you desire a little more sweetness. If you'd like a printer-friendly version of this recipe, Click Here.
Total servings = 16
Serving size = 1
Points per serving = 1.3

Pecan Snowball Cookies

It's that time of year, bringing Christmas cheer, for goodness sakes it's time to bake, so great recipes can be found right here. :) Ok maybe that's not how the song goes but it's still a catchy tune. These melt-in-your-mouth cookies will be the hit of any holiday party!

Ingredients:

- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup chopped (small) pecans
- Additional powdered sugar to roll cookies in

Mix butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Combine flour and salt and add to cream mixture. Stir in pecans. Roll into balls and bake on ungreased baking sheet for 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool slightly and roll in powdered sugar. If you'd like a printer-friendly version of this recipe, Click Here.

"It's the most wonderful time of the year." - Anonymous