Diabetic Recipes

1. Cream Cheese and Jelly Cookies
Ingredients
3/4 cup margarine, softened
1 package (8 ounces) reduced−fat cream cheese, softened
2 1/2 teaspoons Equal® for Recipes or 8 packets Equal® sweetener or 1/3 cup Equal®Spoonful
2 cups all−purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup black cherry or seedless raspberry spreadable fruit

Method

Beat margarine, cream cheese and Equal® in medium bowl until fluffy; mix in flourand salt to form a soft dough.Cover and refrigerate until dough is firm, about 3 hours.Roll dough on lightly floured surface into circle 1/8 thick; cut into rounds with 3−inchcutter.
Place rounded 1/4 teaspoon spreadable fruit in center of each round; fold rounds in halvesand crimp edges firmly with tines of fork. Pierce tops of cookies with tip of sharp knife.
Bake cookies on greased cookie sheets in preheated 350 degree F oven until lightlybrowned, about 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Makes about 3 dozen
Serving size: 1 cookie
Yield: 36
Exchanges: 1/2 Bread, 1 Fat
Nutrition: 80 Calories, 1 g Protein, 7 g Carbo, 5 g Fat