Gingerbread men (longstaff)
Yield: 1 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 c Wholewheat flour
- 1/4 ts Salt
- 1 ts Baking powder
- 1 ts Baking soda
- 2 c Natural bran
- 3 ts Ground ginger or to taste
- 1 ts Mixed spice (allspice?)
- 1 ts Ground cinnamon
- 1/3 c Margarine
- 6 tb Gran. sugar-free sweetener
- 1 Egg beaten
- 3 tb Orange juice
- 1 ts Margarine to grease
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350 F. Mix flour salt baking powder and baking soda bran and spices together then rub in margarine until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir the sweetener into the egg and orange juice and beat into the flour mixture. Knead well and roll out thinly on floured board. Using a cutter cut into gingerbread men shapes (or other shapes) and place on greased cookie sheets. Bake for 15-20 min or until crisp and lightly browned. Cool on a wire tray and store in an airtight container. TOTAL RECIPE: 1690 cal 160 g (16 units) carbohydrate 63 g fiber 47 g protein 100 g fat. Source: The Diabetics' Cookbook by Roberta Longstaff & Jim Mann 1984 Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier Oct 93.



