Lighter Low Calorie Snickerdoodles

Submitted by hellokitty

"A lighter snickerdoodle from Betty Crocker. Each cookie has only 75 calories and 2 g of fat."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 48 cookies
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup margarine, softened
• 4 ounces fat free cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 2 egg whites
• 2 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Mix 11/2 cups sugar, margarine, cream cheese and eggs in a bowl. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
3. Cover and refrigerate dough for one hour.
4. Shape dough into 11/4 inch balls. Mix 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll the balls in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Flatten each ball with the bottom of a drinking glass.
6. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool.

Reviews

[LUVMY2BOYS]

I loved the texture, the ease of the recipe (didn't chill the dough either & found it easy to work with!). The only thing is that it wasn't as sweet as my hubby would like, so I may increase that next time (used Splenda). Wonderful low calorie option!!

 

[Ladymedic]

Lovely light cookie. I used half splenda and instead of one egg and two egg whites used two whole eggs. (I had omega eggs and seemed a waste to throw out the yoke when you pay so much extra for yolks.) I used a cookie creaming method. Creamed the margerine and cream cheese with 3/4 c sugar then added eggs. Mixed all the dry stuff together with 3/4c splenda. Then followed the rest of your directions. My boyfriend enjoyed them as well and he did not even notice the splenda addition. These cookies were made for milk. Thanks!

 

[Chef Mi Mi]

These were very good. My husband grew up eating snickerdoodles, so I wasn't sure he would like them, but everyone did.( I took them to church). I used splenda instead of sugar,and I did not put the most of them in the frig for the hour. They were alittle sticky,but I could still roll them. I saved alittle of the dough to try after cold and it was quciker. Next time I plan to ry them with egg substitute and parkay spray butter instaed of stick butter. After the first batch I did find it easier to spray the pan with pam. I will make these, either way, again. Thank you

 

[ladypit]

We loved these! There is a dairy in Oklahoma that makes a fabulously creamy skim milk. We can't get it where we live now, but a friend of dh's brought us some this weekend. This prompted my kids to start asking for cookies to dunk in the yummy milk. I went looking for lower fat cookie recipes and came across this one. I used Brummel & Brown for the margarine, low fat cream cheese, and a white/wheat mix for the flour. These are a tad fluffier than traditional snickerdoodles, but have wonderful flavor and that all important dunk-ability into milk!