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 servings.