Peanut Butter Cookies - 1 point

Ingredients:

• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon table salt
• 3  tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine, stick-variety
• 2  tablespoons  reduced-fat peanut butter
• 1/2 cup  packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1  large  egg white
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
•  cooking spray (2 sprays)

Directions:

1. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl; mix well and set aside.
2. Combine margarine and peanut butter in a mixing bowl; beat on medium speed until blended and smooth.
3. Gradually add both sugars and beat until blended; add egg white and vanilla and beat until smooth. While beating on low speed, gradually add flour mixture and mix until just blended.
4. Transfer dough to a large piece of plastic wrap and roll into an 8-inch log. Wrap log in plastic wrap and freeze for 2 hours. (Note: You can make the cookie dough up to 3 days in advance and freeze until ready to bake.).
5. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
6. Coat 2 large baking sheets with cooking spray.
7. Remove cookie dough from freezer and slice crosswise into about twenty-four 1/3-inch-thick slices; place slices 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake until golden around edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Yields 1 cookie per serving.

Flavor Booster: Browned margarine has a nutty flavor that enhances a peanut butter cookie. Melt the margarine in a small skillet until it sizzles and just begins to brown. Remove from heat and freeze for 20 minutes, or until firm, before using in recipe.

 

Banana Bread - 1 Point

Ingredients:

• 3 bananas, mashed
• 1 cup Splenda sugar substitute
• 1/2 cup natural applesauce
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a mixer, mash bananas, add Splenda and mix.
3. Mix in rest of indgredients.
4. Pour ingredients into a bread pan sprayed with non-stick spray.
5. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes; cake tester should come out clean when done.
6. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
7. *If using a dark coated pan, bake at 325 degrees and bake a little longer; cake tester to should come out clean when done.