Almost Fat-Free Ginger Cookies

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350F.  Into a medium bowl, sift together flour, ginger,
baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
In a large bowl with electric mixer, beat Prune Butter and sugar until
well-blended.  Beat in egg and molasses until well-blended. Stir in flour
mixture until completely mixed.
Place a little sugar in a medium bowl.  Scoop out heaping teaspoonfuls of
mixture.  Using your palms, roll into 3/4-inch balls and drop into the
sugar.  Roll to cover the surface completely; then place balls 2 inches
apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake until cookies are slightly rounded and tops appear lightly browned and
crackles.  Remove baking sheets to wire racks to cool slightly. The, using
a metal pancake turner or palette knife, remove cookies to wire racks to
cool completely.  Repeat with remaining cookie dough and sugar. Store in
airtight containers.
* Prune butter is from "Secrets of Fat Free Baking" by Sandra Woodruff. To
make one cup, combine 8 oz prunes and 6 tb water or fruit juice in food
processor.  (I used apple juice for the batch for this recipe.)
Source:  Lisa Clarke, based on Cookie Jar Gingersnaps in "The Complete
Cookie Book" by Elizabeth Wolf Cohen
Notes:  The cookies have 39.5 calores (3.6% from fat) and 0.2g fat each.
They also have more dietary fiber, potassiumn and calcium than the
originals, and less cholesterol.  They were delicious, but rolling them
into balls was a nightmare.  They stuck to everything. They may need more
flour.  They also didn't flaten out as much as the originals. They kept
their ball shape, for the most part.
The Chef's Comments: "Yesterday i took a cookie recipe that I wanted to
try, and I made exactly according to the recipe (it was great!) and then I
made another batch, using the Prune Butter technique. For cookies, the book
suggests replacing all of the fat with Prune Butter, and removing as much
sugar as 1/2 to 2/3 the amount of Prune Butter used, to keep sweetness
consistent witht he original recipe.  The low-fat recipe was a difficult
texture to work with, and they didn't spread out nicely when cooking. They
remained little clumps.  But they did taste very good. I have a hard time
telling the difference between the two, believe it or not. Who would have
thought substituting prunes for crisco was a wise choice??" - Lisa
From: Lisa Date: 09-08-96 (12:38) The Polka Dot Cottage, a BBS with a taste
of home. 1-973-822-3627
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #713 by Lisa Clarke <lisa@gaf.com> on Aug 1,
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