Vanilla Chewies (Lower Fat)

Ingredients

• 50 g butter
• 125 g low-fat cream cheese, 0 . 2% fat
• 80 g brown sugar, more if you prefer your cookies sweet
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon ground vanilla bean
• 250 g flour (I use spelt flour)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Glaze

• 1 tablespoon organic brown icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon water (or more)

Directions

1. 1

   Melt butter in a small sauce-pan.

2. 2

   In a big bowl cream the cream cheese, butter and egg.

3. 3

   In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and vanilla. Gradually add this to the cream cheese mixture.

4. 4

   Form dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

5. 5

   Now either take small lumps of dough (aobut 1 ts) and roll between your fingers to form a long thickish string. Shape this into a pretzel or a curly loop. Or simply form into balls (size of a walnut).

6. 6

   Place on a paper-lined cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 180°C/390°F or until tester comes out clean.

7. 7

   If using the glaze, mix together icing sugar and enough water to make a paste. Spread onto cooled cookies.