Lightened up Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Lightened up Thumbprint Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: butter-flavored cooking spray; 295.73 ml all-purpose flour; 1.23 ml baking powder; 1.23 ml salt; 44.37 ml I Can't Believe It's Not Butter® Spread; 59.14 ml brown sugar, packed; 59.14 ml granulated sugar; 1 egg white; 3.69 ml orange zest, grated; 2.46 ml vanilla extract; 78.78 ml confectioners' sugar; 14.79 ml low-sugar strawberry preserves

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"These jam-filled cookies are slimmed down with a butter substitute. Recipe is from Woman's World."

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photo by CoffeeB

Ready In:: 1hr 50mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 12

ingredients

butter-flavored cooking spray
295.73 ml all-purpose flour
1.23 ml baking powder
1.23 ml salt
44.37 ml I Can't Believe It's Not Butter® Spread
59.14 ml brown sugar, packed
59.14 ml granulated sugar
1 egg white
3.69 ml orange zest, grated
2.46 ml vanilla extract
78.78 ml confectioners' sugar
14.79 ml low-sugar strawberry preserves

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Coat baking sheet with cooking spray.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt; reserve.
In large bowl, with spoon, mix spread and brown and granulated sugars until creamy.
Stir in egg white, 1/2 t zest and vanilla until well combined.
Stir in reserved flour mixture until just combined.
Coat tablespoon and hands with cooking spray.
Roll level tablespoonfuls of dough into balls; place on baking sheet.
Using end of wooden spoon, make indentation in center of each cookie, pressing 3/4 of the way through.
Bake 9-10 minutes or until edges are just set.
Cool completely on racks.
Stir together confectioners' sugar, remaining 1/4 t zest and 1 t water; drizzle over cookies.
Fill each cookie with 1/4 t preserves.

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I'm giving these cookies 4 stars because I did omit a few things from the recipe. But, I will say I did have some problems with the recipe. First of all they're really crumbly to work with. I had to add a bit more butter to the mix to get the dough to hold together enough to roll into balls. I used Splenda sugars (both brown and white) and omitted the orange zest. I also chose not to drizzle the powdered sugar glaze and used Smuckers Low-Sugar Raspberry Jam. Where I made a mistake was not looking at the serving size. I made 15 walnut size cookies and should have made them a touch bigger as I see your recipe states 12. All in all these have pretty good taste, and of course because they are lighted up, practically guilt-free~ Made for PhotoTag~

CoffeeB

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Carnegie, Pennsylvania

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