Fancy Cookies And Fresh Fruits

Fruits are very important to a healthy diet, they are part of the 'vegetables and fruit' food group.

Whether to prevent diseases, for better recovery from illness, to lose weight, for health and vitality or for general good health, they are a must in any diet.

What about cookies? Too much sugar and calories, not kind to healthy teeth and bad for weight management.

This article shows you how to combine the taste for cookies with fresh fruit.

Here are two recipes , one Almond macaroons and the other snickerdoodles.

SnickerdoodlesMakes 4 dozen cookies
To make cinnamon sugar, mix 1 tbsp (15 mL) ground cinnamon (or to taste) with a ¼ cup (60 mL) of granulated sugar.

1 cup (250 mL) shortening
1 ½ cups (375 mL) sugar
2 eggs
2 ¾ cups (680 mL) flour
2 tsp (10 mL) cream of tartar
1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
½ tsp (2 mL) salt
Cinnamon sugar


Almond Macaroons
Makes 3 dozen cookies
1 lb (450 g) blanched almonds, either whole or slivered
2 cups (500 mL) sugar
¼ tsp (1 mL) salt
½ tsp (2 mL) vanilla extract
3 egg whites

The article is from the Spec.com for you to read more and to use the recipes.
TheSpec - Fancy cookies pair well with fresh fruits