Honey-almond Cookies

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 large egg
• cooking spray
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, chopped

Recipe

• 1 lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• 2 combine sugar, honey, butter, and oil in a bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. add extracts and egg to sugar mixture. beat until well-blended. stir in flour mixture (dough will be sticky).
• 3 coat hands lightly with cooking spray; divide dough into 2 equal portions. shape each portion into a 9-inch log. wrap logs individually in plastic wrap; freeze 3 hours or until firm.
• 4 preheat oven to 375°.
• 5 cut each log into 24 (1/4-inch) slices, and place 1 inch apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. press almonds into cookies. bake at 375° for 9 minutes. cool 2 minutes or until firm. remove cookies from pans; cool on wire racks.
• 6 yield: 4 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie).
• 7 calories 49(35% from fat); fat 1.9g (sat 0.7g,mono 0.6g,poly 0.4g); protein 0.7g; cholesterol 3mg; calcium 3mg; sodium 30mg; fiber 0.2g; iron 0.3mg; carbohydrate 7.4g.