Almond Sugar Cookies

Yield: 5 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie)

Ingredients

• 3  tablespoons  sugar
• 1/8  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1  cup  sugar
• 1/4  cup  plus 3 tablespoons stick margarine, softened
• 1/4  cup  skim milk
• 1/2  teaspoon  almond extract
• 1/2  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1  large egg white
• 2 1/2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1/4  cup  ground almonds
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• Cooking spray

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325°.

Combine 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon in a bowl; stir well. Set aside.

Cream 1 cup sugar and margarine at medium speed of a mixer until light and fluffy. Add milk, extracts, and egg white, and beat well. Combine flour, almonds, and salt, and add to creamed mixture, beating well.

Divide dough in half; cover and refrigerate half of dough. Shape remaining half of dough into 30 (1-inch) balls; roll balls in sugar mixture, coating well. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Flatten each ball with the bottom of a glass. Bake at 325° for 14 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Repeat procedure with remaining dough.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

50 (31% from fat)

Fat:

1.7g (sat 0.3g,mono 0.8g,poly 0.5g)

Protein:

0.8g

Carbohydrate:

8.1g

Fiber:

0.2g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.3mg

Sodium:

22mg

Calcium:

4mg