Yesterday my mom and I got to play Santa Claus (or the Devil incarnate, depending on who was dieting!) around her office by giving out shortbreads and chocolate chip cookies (recipe coming!) to her fellow co-workers. Other goodies I managed to bring in, though have no idea how well they were recieved, were these peanut butter cookies with (if you couldn't tell by the colours) yummy yummy bits of Smarties in them! Note that these are the Canadian chocolate from Nestle... not the American candy!! I reall

The Nuttiest Rainbow Cookies
Serves 24
1/3 cup shortening
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup honey
¾ cup smooth, low-fat peanut butter
1 egg
3 tablespoons non- or low-fat plain yogurt
1 ½ tablespoons vanilla extract
1 ½ cups whole-wheat flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
2/3 cup M&M or Smarties candies, slightly crushed
- Pre-heat oven to 350F.
- Cream together shortening, sugar, honey and peanut butter until smooth.
- Beat in egg, yogurt, and vanilla.
- In another bowl, blend flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture until well blended. Fold in M&Ms.
- Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto un-greased cookie sheets.
- Bake 10 minutes, cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 154.4
Total Fat: 7.2 g
Cholesterol: 11.1 mg
Sodium: 71.6 mg
Total Carbs: 20.1 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
Protein: 3.6 g
And... what goes better with cookies than something warm to drink?
Since it was so freaking cold and nasty today (both outside and in my Yoga studio

Duo of Decadence Hot Chocolate
Serves 2
2 tbsp unsweeteened cocoa powder
3 tbsp cold water
1 1/2 cups milk (4% is best, use no less than 2%)
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- In a small bowl, combine cocoa and cold water, mixing until thoroughly combined into a paste. Set aside.
- In a saucepan, pour milk and honey and stir. Set over medium-low heat.
- When milk is warmed through, stir in peanut butter and cocoa paste, whisking to froth slightly and combine fully.
- Keep over heat until it reaches desired temperature, but do not let boil.
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 233.4
Total Fat: 10.8 g
Cholesterol: 18.3 mg
Sodium: 112.5 mg
Total Carbs: 30.1 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
Protein: 9.0 g
Thanks for a low fat high flavor cookie, Sarah!
ReplyDeletehey angel sushi was amazing i pigged out and now i am full i had so much fun
ReplyDeletelove you angel amazing post just can't look at food for the rest of the night night night i need to finish studying.... happy holidays to all
I found this blog through Google and tried out this recipe. Yummy! It gets my kid's approval as well!
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