Diabetic Recipes
Raspberry Almond Bar Cookies
Yield: 24 bars
31% calorie reduction from traditional recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Equal Spoonful*
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cold stick butter or margarine, cut into pieces
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 (10 ounce) jar seedless raspberry spreadable fruit
- 3 tablespoons toasted sliced almonds
Instructions
- Combine flour, Equal, and salt in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in egg, water and lemon peel. Mixture will be crumbly.
- Press mixture evenly onto bottom of a well-sprayed 8 inch square baking pan.
- Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 12 to 15 minutes until edges of crust are lightly browned.
- Remove pan from oven and spread raspberry fruit over top. Sprinkle with almonds.
- Return to oven and bake for an additional 10 to 12 minutes or until raspberry fruit is bubbly.
- Cool completely on wire rack.
- Cut into bars.
- Store in airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
* May substitute 12 packets Equal sweetener
Nutrition
Per serving (1 bar): 86 calories; 2 grams protein; 12 grams carbohydrate; 0 grams sugar; 4 grams fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 19 milligrams
cholesterol; 16 milligrams sodium; 0 grams fiber
Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fat
Attribution
Recipe and photo credit: Equal Sweetener