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Wheat Germ Peanut Butter Cookies

Wheat Germ Peanut Butter Cookies

After along day of work, especially after what I call a “Manic Monday”, I yearn to bake. An afternoon of baking is the cure to get my mind off of everything else. The scooping and leveling off of flour and measuring of ingredients soothes me. Peanut butter has to be one of my favorite ingredients in baking and cookies well who doesn’t love cookies. These cookies are lower in saturated fat then most peanut butter cookies, since I removed the butter and replaced it with no sugar added applesauce, plus they are made with whole wheat flour which is an added bonus!

Ingredients:

1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter (pick your favorite) I love aldi’s brand

1 cup Sugar (or use half sugar & half splenda)

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/4 Tsp of Baking Soda

1 TB of Toasted Wheat Germ

1 Egg

1/2 cup of Natural Applesauce (no sugar added)

1 Tsp of Mexican Vanilla

Scoop number 24 makes ( 18 Large Cookies) ****this is what I used***

Vanilla Sugar ***sprinkle lightly

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Sift flour, wheat germ, and baking soda together in one bowl, set aside.

In another bowl mix sugar, peanut butter, vanilla, egg, and applesauce together.

Mix dry ingredient into wet ingredients until combined (mix by hand for best results).

Scoop with number 24 cookie scooper on to a half sheet parchment lined pan. I only placed 6 cookies on a sheet. I also made a crisscross marking with a fork and sprinkled with vanilla sugar.

Bake for 12 to 13 Minutes on 350 degrees. Let cool on pan for only a minute and transfer to wire rack.

Enjoy because they will not last! Weight Watcher Points Plus 4 points plus Each

Nutrition Facts Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Cookies
18 Servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories		159.4

Total Fat		7.8 g

	Saturated Fat	1.6 g

	Polyunsaturated Fat	2.1 g

	Monounsaturated Fat	3.6 g

Cholesterol		12.0 mg

Sodium		89.1 mg

Potassium		109.7 mg

Total Carbohydrate		19.8 g

	Dietary Fiber	1.8 g

	Sugars	11.8 g

Protein		5.0 g


Vitamin A	0.4 %

Vitamin B-12	0.5 %

Vitamin B-6	3.6 %

Vitamin C	0.2 %

Vitamin D	0.6 %

Vitamin E	7.7 %

Calcium	0.7 %

Copper	1.1 %

Folate	3.6 %

Iron	1.9 %

Magnesium	6.0 %

Manganese	3.5 %

Niacin	9.7 %

Pantothenic Acid	1.2 %

Phosphorus	6.0 %

Riboflavin	1.7 %

Selenium	1.6 %

Thiamin	1.3 %

Zinc	3.3 %

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Strawberry Mimosa Cupcakes

I was asked to make mini strawberry mimosa cupcakes for a wedding shower tasting. So I knew exactly where to turn to for my research. I love Martha Stewart’s recipes and I own her cupcake recipe book. So of course this recipe was inspired by her Strawberry Cupcakes on page 146. Years ago I rented this cookbook at the library before I purchased it. After I made one recipe I knew I had to buy this cookbook. Here is the link below if you are interested in her cookbook as well. http://www.marthastewart.com/275736/martha-stewarts-cupcakes/@center/276944/cupcakes Continue reading →

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Nutella Bread Mini Loaves

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Nutella Mini Loaves!!

Tomorrow is Registered Dietitian Day. In honor of recognizing my fellow dietitians, I decided to make some healthy bread as a special treat! So if you know a Registered Dietitian make sure to show them some love and give them a hug and thank them for what they do!

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour

¾ Cup 100% Whole Wheat Flour ( I used King Arthur) ***Spoon out the flour***

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 and ½ teaspoon of very good like penzeys cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup canola oil

1/3 cup water

1 & 1/3 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)

1/ 2 cup egg substitute or 4 egg whites

1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract

4 tablespoons Nutella (1 tablespoons per mini loaf)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 4 mini loaf pans with cooking spray ( I love my pampered chef mini stoneware). Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, water, pumpkin, egg substitute or whites, and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth and combined.

4. Slowly stir in the flour mixture.

5.Mix until ingredients are combined.

6. Pour the batter into the mini loaf pans (one cup of batter per mold).

7. Drop 1 tablespoon of Nutella onto each loaf pan. Swirl the Nutella into the pumpkin batter with a knife. If you slighty heat the Nutella in the microwave it makes it easier to swirl.

8.Place the loaf pans onto a baking sheet and place in the oven.

9. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean (my oven took exactly 40 minutes).

10. Place the loaf pan on wire rack and let cool for 15 minutes and remove from pan.

11. For optimal results let the bread cool completely before slicing.

Enjoy!!

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Cookies

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Whole Wheat Bread

Whole Wheat Bread

My colleague gave me this recipe the other day and I couldn’t wait to try it!!! Thank you Caitlin !! Good thing since, I was running low on bread for my husband’s lunch sandwiches. I decided instead of stopping at the store on the way home from work, I would give this recipe a try. I think if you try this recipe you will love it . Really the instructions are very simple and all you need is a little time for the bread to ferment. The end result will be worth the wait!

Ingredients:

2 cup of bread flour ( use a spoon to scoop the flour into the measuring cup**** do not pack the flour*****

2 cups of warm water

1/2 tsp of salt

1 TB of sugar or honey

1 TB of dry yeast

Mix the above ingredients together in a bowl and let ferment overnight or while you are at work (8 to 12 hours). I did let mine sit for 12 hours.

Make sure to cover the liquid mixture with plastic wrap while resting.

After mixture has fermented for allotted time (see picture below)

Add:

2 Cups of whole wheat flour plus any additional you will need for kneading.

Knead for 2 to 4 minutes by hand (until dough is no longer sticky). Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

Shape dough to form in a bread loaf pan. I used a 8″ pan. Make sure to spray the pan with Pam or cooking spray.

Place the dough in the pan and cover once again for about an hour to 2 hours until the dough doubles (mine only took an hour). The secret is to having the oven preheat while the dough rise!!! This will cut the time for rising in half.