Magical Peanut Butter Cookies

From Paula's Home Cooking. Excellent for South Beach Dieters.

• Ready In: 27 mins
• Serves: 24
• Yields: 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup peanut butter (your choice, smooth or crunchy)
• 1  cup Splenda granular (sugar substitute)
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄3 Splenda granular, for rolling

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, Splenda, the egg, and vanilla, and stir well with a spoon -- it will be sticky.
4. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts (I use a melon baller).
5. Drop ball into additional Splenda and roll to cover with sugar.
6. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet.
7. With a fork press a crisscross design on each cookie.
8. Bake for 12 minutes.
9. Cool slightly before removing from pan.