Low-Fat Ginger Cookies

Submitted by AnnieLynne

"Applesauce and egg substitute are used to replace the fat in this recipe. I haven't tried this yet, but one of the trainers at my gym swears by them!"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 36 cookies
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 59.14 ml unsweetened applesauce
• 118.29 ml white sugar or 118.29 ml Splenda granular
• 59.14 ml brown sugar, firmly packed
• 59.14 ml light molasses
• 118.29 ml egg substitute
• 354.88 ml all-purpose flour
• 118.29 ml whole wheat pastry flour
• 1.23 ml salt
• 9.85 ml baking soda
• 4.92 ml cinnamon
• 4.92 ml ground cloves
• 4.92 ml ground ginger

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Whisk egg substitute into applesauce, sugar, brown sugar and molasses.
3. In another bowl combine and sift dry ingredients together. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
4. Let dough rest in the refrigerator 30 minutes or longer before baking.
5. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray and place a tablespoon of dough 2-inches apart on the baking sheet.
6. Bake 10-12 minutes until lightly browned. (Longer baking time yields crunchier cookies.).