Thumbprint Cookies
Yields 30 cookies
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups white whole-wheat flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup applesauce
¼ teaspoon baking powder
⅓ cup apple juice concentrate
2 tablespoons milk (dairy or soy)
⅔ cup butter or trans fat– free margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup all-fruit spread
These cookies get all of their sweetness from fruit. Experiment with different flavors of fruit spread (e.g., strawberry, apricot, blueberry or plum).
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt.
In a large bowl, combine applesauce with baking powder.
Add apple juice concentrate, milk, butter or trans fat–free margarine, and vanilla to the applesauce mixture. Mix well.
Slowly add dry ingredients to wet. Stir to combine.
Form batter into 1″ balls. Make a depression in the middle of each ball with thumb or back of a spoon.
Fill depressions with fruit spread.
Bake for 10–12 minutes.
White whole-wheat flour is a whole-grain flour made from an albino variety of wheat. Just like the browner whole-wheat flour, white whole-wheat flour is made from all parts of the grain, so it has the nutritional benefits of a whole grain. It has a sweeter taste than whole-wheat flour made from the red variety of wheat, and it is usually processed into a finer flour than traditional whole-wheat flour.

