Stone my son and sugar cookies!?!
Stone my son and sugar cookies!?
My son Stone love cookies! He not a fat boy actually he's quite trim But he still can't have all that intake of sugar! Anybody have any ideas on healthy cookies recipes?
Answers:
My customers like my oatmeal cookies. Make your favorite oatmeal cookies and add dried fruit and nuts. The best is dried cherries and pecans, but fresh cranberries in season are awesome, too. You can virtually make your own combination of flavors and, at least if he is eating cookies, you are getting fiber and vitamins and minerals in him.
My oatmeal cookie recipe makes a huge amount, so I won't post it here, but if you cannot find one, let me know by email and I can scale it down for you.
Well, cookies are pretty damn delicious. But, everything in moderation. Just let him have the regular cookies in smaller amounts/ less often. You'll be helping him develop self control and limits, etc.
But, if you must, go to Epicurious.com. They have lots of wonderful, healthy pastry recipes.
Make oatmeal cookies using Splenda instead of sugar. You can also substitute applesauce for oil. Use whole-wheat flour. Just some suggestions. LOL
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Rainbow Sugar Cookie Arrangement
Decorative container
Tissue paper
Dough disk, recipe follows
Flower pots of various sizes
Long and short lollipop sticks
Jar of jelly beans in varying shades of green
Flower foam
Flower-shaped cookie cutters
Floral tape
Store-bought icing in various colors
Silk leaves
Recipe card, see below for text
Dough Disk:
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Dough Disk: In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or using a hand mixer), cream the granulated sugar, butter and shortening until fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla and baking powder and mix. Add the flour and mix. Shape the dough into a large flat disk, kneading briefly if necessary to bring the dough together. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 1 to 2 hours.
Line container with tissue paper and place all items inside. The recipe card should read as follows:
Get started on your cookie bouquet garden by preheating the oven to 350 degrees, then butter a sheet pan. After that, roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Using the cookie cutters, cut out cookies and transfer to the prepared pan. Insert a lollipop stick inside each cookie and bake until light golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool completely on the sheet pan.
To ice the cookies, you can either use the icing provided, or if you're feeling a bit adventurous, here's a quick and easy recipe:
4 cups confectioners' sugar
4 to 5 tablespoons whole, 2 percent fat or 1 percent fat, milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 colors food coloring
In a medium bowl, mix the confectioners' sugar, 4 tablespoons of the milk, and the vanilla until smooth. If still too thick to spread, add the remaining tablespoon of milk a little at a time until the icing is smooth and pourable, but thick enough to coat. Measure 1/4 cup of white icing into each of 4 small bowls. Color them 4 different colors. Cover with plastic wrap until ready to use.
When you're ready to ice the cookies, set a wire rack over a piece of waxed or parchment paper. Place the cooled cookies on the wire rack and pour the remaining white icing onto them. Using a metal icing spatula, cover the cookies completely with an even layer of icing. Before the icing sets, use forks or squeeze bottles to drizzle the other 4 colors of icing over the cookies to make spidery lines. Let harden 1 hour then store in an airtight container.
To assemble the cookie bouquet, start by cutting out cubes of flower foam that will fit into the flower pots, then wrap the foam in plastic. Place a silk leaf against the stick in one of the iced cookies, then wrap the entire stick with floral tape, so it looks like a flower stem. Stick the cookie "flower" into the foam in the flower pot then cover the foam with jelly beans. ALL DONE!
ITS REALLY FUN AND KIDS LOVE TO HELP DECORATING