Sweet Potato Cookies

(makes 24 cookies)

Ingredients:

• 2½ cups flour
  
• ¼ tsp salt
  
• ½ cup unsalted butter or margarine
  
• 1½ tsp baking powder
  
• ½ tsp baking soda
  
• ¼ cup sugar
  
• 1 tsp nutmeg
  
• ¼ cup honey
  
• 1 tbsp grated lemon peel
  
• 1 medium egg, room temperature, slightly beaten
  
• 1 cup grated, raw sweet potatoes
  

Preparation:

• In the medium-sized bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  
• In a large-sized mixing bowl, cream butter the sugar
  
• Mix in lemon peel, nutmeg, honey, and egg. Then stir in the grated sweet potatoes.
  
• Blend the flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture.
  
• Place rounded teaspoonfuls of the cookie dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, leaving about 1½ inches between them
  
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for about minutes or until lightly browned.. Remove cookies from sheet and put on a cooling rack.
  

Make 24 Servings:

Weight loss recipes Amount Per Serving(1 cookie (32 g)): 110 Calories, 2 g Protein, 16 g carbohydrates, 1 g Dietary Fiber, 4 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 19 mg cholesterol, 95 mg sodium