Recipe - Low Fat Vanilla-Frosted Fudge Cookies

Three fourths cup Flour
One half cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Canola oil
1 cup Sugar
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
4 Egg whites; unbeaten
1 One half cup Confectioner's sugar
3 tablespoon Skim milk
Additional unsweetened cocoa

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a large nonstick cookie sheet with
vegetable oil spray. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt
together; set aside. Mix together the oil, sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla,
and the egg whites, until well combined. Stir in the flour mixture. Chill
one hour. Using a One half tablespoon measure, scoop the dough onto the cookie
sheet, leaving 2 inches between cookies. Bake for 10 minutes or until the
cookies are puffed and cooked through. Do not overcook. Transfer the
cookies to a rack and cool completely. Mix together the confectioners'
sugar, skim milk, and remaining One half teaspoon vanilla until pasty. Add more
skim milk if necessary. Spread a small amount of vanilla frosting on each
cookie. Put the cookies back on the rack, dust lightly with cocoa powder,
and allow the frosting to dry.

Recipe by: Mystery Novel

Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by jaclyn@itexas.net (Jack Dickson) on Apr 10,
1998