Recipe: Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
Everyone loves Gingerbread cookies during the holidays. Try this healthy alternative and enjoy all the smells that come with it.
These delicious cookies are packed with flavor and heart-healthy nutrients. Make a batch any time, and fill your house with the fragrant holiday smells of ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
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1½ cups whole-wheat pastry flour or barley flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1¼ teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ cup baby-food prunes or applesauce
1 tablespoon peeled, finely chopped fresh ginger
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup unsulphered molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in 1 ¼ teaspoons boiling water
¼ cup granulated sugar (optional)
Makes 2 dozen small cookies
Per serving (1 cookie):
Calories: 60
Fat: 0g
Saturated fat: 0g
Sodium: 55mg
Protein: 1g
Carbohydrate: 14g
Sugars: 7g
Dietary fiber: 1g
Recipe from Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD