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MYRA'S BASIC COOKIE RECIPE

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Serving Size : 144 Preparation Time :5:00
Categories : 0-5G Low Carb Confectionary-Chocolate


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 1/2 cups almond meal -- flour
1 1/2 cups Splenda
1 tsp xanthan gum
1 cup butter -- softened
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt

Mix all ingredients together in a mixer until well blended. Divide into 4 ziplock bags or plastic covered bowls and flavour according to your tastes. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before baking.
Make cookies by forming dough into 1/2-inch 12mm balls, placing the balls on a cookie sheet (I use the air bake pans). Flatten the balls with the bottom of a glass tumbler dipped in water to about 3/8-inch 10mm thick. Bake at 375°F-190°C for about 8-12 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets and cool.

Entire batch of dough makes about 12 dozen cookies.

NOTE: I buy almond flour from almonds online.com
NOTE: Xanthan gum is a natural product that add stability to mixtures. Without wheat flour (and the gluten in wheat flour), these cookies come out *very* crumbly. The teaspoon of xanthan gum gives the cookies a very good texture - crisp without falling apart when you pick them up. Xanthan gum is expensive - $9.99 for an 8-ounce bag at Whole Foods - but a little goes a long way.

Flavoring:

Add 1/2-1 teaspoon extract (or 1/4 teaspoon Nature's Flavour) to each portion. I've found that lemon and orange work *really* well. Adds negligible amount of carbs. For chocolate cookies, add 1 square melted unsweetened chocolate to one portion (1/4 recipe), along with an additional tablespoon or so of Splenda. For this variation, add about .25 carb to each cookie. For nut cookies, add some chopped walnuts, pecans or macadamia nuts (try adding macadamia to the chocolate variation). Add appropriate amount of extra carbs for the added nuts.


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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 22 Calories; 2g Fat (66.7% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 5mg Cholesterol; 22mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : The AUSSIE Low Carb Gourmet Tony Blakemore June 2003
e-mail Tony@carb-lite.au.com
web site www.carb-lite.au.com
Over 5,000 Low Carb, LC Diabetic, LC Kosher Recipes
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 621 0 0 0 0 0