Cream Cheese and Jelly Cookies
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
Beat margarine, cream cheese and Equal® in medium bowl until fluffy; mix in
flour and 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 inch thick;
cut into rounds with 3-inch cutter. Place rounded 1/4 teaspoon spreadable fruit
in center of each round; fold rounds into halves and 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*F (175*C) oven until lightly browned,
about 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Makes about 3 dozen.
Recipe provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the NutraSweet
Company, makers of Equal®.
Nutrition information per serving (1 cookie): 80 cal., 1 g pro., 7 g carbo.,
5 g fat, 4 mg chol., 78 mg sodium.
Food Exchanges: 1/2 Bread, 1 Fat.