Lemon-Honey Drop Cookies

Yield: 32 cookies (serving size: 1 cookie)

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup  granulated sugar
• 7  tablespoons  butter or stick margarine, softened
• 2  teaspoons  grated lemon rind
• 1/3  cup  honey
• 1/2  teaspoon  lemon extract
• 1  large egg
• 1 3/4  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon  baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  cup  plain fat-free yogurt
• Cooking spray
• 1  cup  powdered sugar
• 2  tablespoons  fresh lemon juice
• 2  teaspoons  grated lemon rind

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Beat first 3 ingredients with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add honey, extract, and egg; beat until well-blended. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with yogurt, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Drop by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Combine powdered sugar and juice in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Brush powdered sugar mixture evenly over hot cookies. Sprinkle evenly with 2 teaspoons rind. Remove cookies from pan; cool on wire racks.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

89 (28% from fat)

Fat:

2.8g (sat 1.6g,mono 0.8g,poly 0.2g)

Protein:

1.1g

Carbohydrate:

15.3g

Fiber:

0.2g

Cholesterol:

14mg

Iron:

0.4mg

Sodium:

81mg

Calcium:

15mg