Sugarless Orange Drop Cookies

My grandma has a huge sweet tooth; unfortunately, her sugar counts have been really high in the past and Christmas goodies pose a huge temptation for her.  Her husband, my grandpa, craves sugar and it is a major food group for him.  At Thanksgiving, I showed my grandfather my blog and he made a comment about how good the molasses cookies looked.  So I decided to surprise him with the molasses cookies and some ginger snap cookies.  I didn't want grandma to feel left out, so I found some sugar free cookies for her.  I'll be honest, the taste was great, but they didn't have the same softness and moistness that cookies with sugar have.  They have more of a bread-like texture to them  They are amazing with a cup of tea, coffee or hot cocoa, but rather dry without something to sip on.  However, beggers can't be choosers and she was thrilled with them.  So if you have someone who needs less sugar in their life, give these a shot, just give them some tea bags, ground coffee or a packet hot cocoa to go with them. 

Sugarless Orange Drop Cookies

1/2 c. soft butter
1 egg

8 packets of Equal
1/2 c. orange juice
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. raisins (instead of raisins I added chopped prunes that I had soaked in orange juice)

 

Mix butter, egg and orange juice. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nuts and raisins. Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

 

Two cookies are 60 calories!