Diabetic Recipe 1

Cream Cheese Butter Cookies Diabetic Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup sifted all-purposes flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Cream well:
1/4 pound cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 pound butter OR shortening, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon unsweetened concentrated fruit juice

Add flour mixture and cut in until it resembles fine crumbs. Knead well.

Shape into 2 balls. Wrap in plastic wrap.

Chill 2 hours or overnight.

Roll each ball into a circle 1/8-inch thick. Cut it into 8 wedges. Spread each wedge with jam. Roll from wide end.

Place tip end down on cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees until lightly browned, about 20 minutes.

Recipe yields 16 Cream Cheese Butter Cookies.