Rejoice healthy roll out cookies are possible!!!  These cookies are a heavily adapted version of a regular old white flour cookie recipe I used to bake.  Certainly the original cookies were delicious but it is hard to stop eating them and the calories, sugar, and fat add up really quick.  This recipe creates a more wholesome tasting cookie that is still really delicious, soft, and fluffy.   No it won’t taste exactly like traditional roll out cookies but it will be very reminiscent and you can eat more of them guilt free ;-). Cut these out using whatever cookie cutter shapes you want and decorate them with my almost zero calorie frosting or use a premade frosting if you prefer.  Enjoy!

Ingredients for cookies:

1.5 cups whole wheat flour (you can use white whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour to achieve a slightly better texture and appearance)

1.5 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons butter (softened)

2 tablespoons 1/3 less fat cream cheese (softened)

1/2 cup stevia for baking

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-2 tablespoons milk of choice (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)

Preheat oven to 350.

Whisk flour and baking powder in bowl.

In another bowl beat butter, cream cheese, stevia, and vanilla.  Then add in egg and beat until it’s incorporated and mixture is smooth & pale yellow like pic below (1 minute or so).

Slowly add in flour mixture while beaters are on low.  Add 1 tablespoon milk to help mix in last bit of flour.

Mixture will look crumbly but you should be able to form it into a ball with your hands.  You may need to add a tiny amount (1 tablespoon max) more milk to form a ball as I did below.  Mixture should feel somewhat like play dough when it is perfect 🙂

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in fridge for 5 minutes or so.  You can leave it in there longer but you may need to let it sit on counter for several minutes before rolling bc the dough will get really hard.

Line your counter with parchment or wax paper and roll dough out after placing more parchment or wax paper on top of dough ball.  I actually split my dough into 2 small lumps as shown.  So I could roll it easier.

Roll dough to about the thinness shown below.

Cut out cookies using whatever cookie cutter you want.  My leaf cookie cutter is a little large so I got 11 cookies total.  Depending on how many cookies you end up with just divide the totals I give you at end of this recipe by the number of cookies you made to find out your nutrition info per cookie.

Place cookies on lightly greased cookie sheet and bake 7-8 minutes or just until they feel firm.  Do not overtake please!!

Cool cookies completely then frost them with whatever you want to.  You will have to add in whatever frosting you decide to use on these cookies.  Keep reading for my almost zero calorie frosting recipe that I used on my cookies 😉

Nutritional Info for entire batch without frosting:

990 calories

35.2 grams fat

134.2 grams carbs

24.2 grams fiber

33 grams protein

*So for 11 cookies each unfrosted cookie is:

90 calories

3.2 grams fat

12.2 grams carbs

2.2 grams fiber

(10 net carbs)

3.0 grams protein

Store cookies in airtight container for several days at room temp or you can freeze unfrosted cookies then defrost before frosting 🙂

Almost Zero Calorie Frosting Glaze Recipe (& it tastes delicious!!!)

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1 teaspoon extract (I used coconut and almond)

4 drops food coloring 

Swerve brand confectioner sugar (add to your desired thickness & yes this is a specialty item that’s a little harder to find in some areas.  It’s  a great substitute for powdered sugar because it won’t spike your blood sugar and is very low calorie plus delicious!  So definitely worth seeking out.  I actually found it at Publix but you can order online too)

Just so you know a little more about this sweetener here is the package.

To make frosting divide the milk, extract, and food coloring into 2 bowls.  Then just add Swerve until it is to the thickness you want your frosting.  Then frost and decorate your cookies with it.  This frosting will dry & harden a little but will not get super hard.

The calories on this will vary a little depending on how much you add but it is very low calorie so I personally do not even add it into the total for my cookies.  You can certainly measure it out precisely if you are really hard bent on adding the correct calories on though.  I would say you’ll use less than 3/4 of a cup total between the 2 bowls.

One additional note this sweetener does create a cooling effect in your mouth.  Almost a slight frosty sensation that’s hard to explain.  It is a totally natural sweetener that occurs naturally in foods like mushrooms and wine btw so don’t be alarmed by that.   My hubby didn’t really notice it or mind it but you may or may not like that so just an FYI.  Personally I think it makes coconut and mint flavors even better because of that 😉