thumbprint cookies

Ingredients

• THUMBPRINT COOKIES WITH EQUAL

• 47% calorie reduction from traditional recipe.

• 6 tablespoons stick butter

• 1 cup Equal® Spoonful*

• 1 egg

• 2 tablespoons 2% milk

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 3/4 cup sugar-free preserves or spreadable fruit of choice

Directions

1. Beat butter and Equal® until well combined. Mix in egg, milk and vanilla until blended. Gradually beat in combined flour, baking powder and soda and salt.

2. Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into balls. Place on sprayed cookie sheets. Press thumb deeply into dough to form a “thumbprint” indentation. Bake in preheated 350°F oven 11 to 13 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and cool completely on wire rack. Fill each cookie with about 1/2 teaspoon spreadable fruit just before serving.

3. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

4. * May substitute 24 packets