Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents Recipe
Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents Recipe from the diabetic recipe collection at InformationAboutDiabetes.comIngredients:
2 cup Sifted all purpose flour1/3 cup Unsweetened cocoa1/4 tsp Salt1/4 lb (1 stick) butter1 tsp Vanilla extract3/4 cup Granulated sugar1 Egg
Preparation:
Sift together the flour, cocoa, and salt and setaside. In the large bowl of an electric mixer creamthe butter. Beat in the vanilla and sugar. Add theegg and beat until thoroughly mixed. On low speedgradually add the sifted dry ingredients, scraping thebowl with a rubber spatula and beating until themixture holds together. Transfer the dough to a smallbowl for ease in handling and set aside at roomtemperature. Prepare the filling.3/4 cup smooth (not chunky) peanut butter 1/2 cupstrained or sifted confectioners sugar.In a small bowl thoroughly mix the peanut butter andthe sugar.Adjust rack to the center of the oven and preheat to325 degrees.To shape the cookies: On a large piece of wax paperplace the cookie dough in mounds, using a slightlyrounded tsp. (no more) of the dough for each mound-inorder not to make them too large it's best to measurewith a measuring spoon. Do maybe a quarter of thedough at a time.Then do the same with the filling, using a level 1/2measuring teaspoon for each mound. Place on otherpieces of waxed paper.Pick up one mound of the dough, roll it between yourhands into a ball, and flatten it between your palmsuntil it is very thin. Then, with a small metalspatula or a table knife, lift up and place one moundof the filling in the center of the flattened dough.With your fingers bring the dough around the fillingand pinch the edges to seal. Roll the filled doughbetween your hands into a cylindrical shape about 2inches long with very slightly tapered ends. Placethe cookie on an unbuttered cookie sheet and as youdo, turn the ends down slightly to form a short fatcrescent. Continue shaping the cookies and placingthem 1/2 to 1 inch apart-these do not spread.Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until the cookies arefirm to the touch. Reverse the cookie sheet front toback once to insure even bakinZ of sugar and roll thecookies in the sugar as they come out of oven.From: Maida Heatter's Book of Great CookiesShared by: Kathleen's Recipe Swap Pagehttp://www.ilos.net/~answers/reciperecipes@ilos.net- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Preparation Time: 0:00
Serves: 24
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Is this Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?
This Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents recipe is one of our collection of tasty diabetic Dessert recipes. As we don`t know your unique health problems & the advice your doctor has given to you, we are unable to say with certainty that this Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents recipe is acceptable for you. However, because the recipe author labeled it as `diabetic` it should suggest that it, if nothing else, matches the minimum condition for the tag `diabetic`, being low in carbs and fat, and should be more healthy than a standard recipe. Even taking that into consideration, this Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents recipe must only be used In the event that you understand your own condition and are happy that the contents of the recipe are safe for you.
Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents Recipe - Important Disclaimer
This Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents Recipe comes from the diabetic Dessert recipes section. It is completely out of the question for us to hand check every one of the diabetic Dessert recipes to warrant that all of them are 100% safe for people with diabetes. Our diabetic recipe site has more than two thousand unique recipes in it, & to prepare them all even at a rate of one recipe every day would take as long as six years. You are therefore advised to analyse the recipe content to ensure that they are compliant with the nutritional guidelines your medical team has given you. In the event that you suspect that this Chocolate And Peanut Butter Crescents recipe is not safe for sufferers of diabetes, then please let us know and we will delete the recipe concerned from the site.
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