Reduced Sugar Shortbread Cookies with Truvia™ Natural Sweetener

Makes 36 cookies (2 cookies per serving)

Sweet, buttery, and tender –everything a shortbread cookie should be! This reduced sugar cookie is made with Truvia™ natural sweetener and has only 3 grams of sugar per serving∗.

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Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
12 packets Truvia™ natural sweetener
¼ cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1½ cups all purpose flour
2 Tbsp cornstarch
¼ tsp salt

*Note: Cookies may be rolled into a round stick or rectangle, wrapped in wax paper, refrigerated, sliced, then baked

Instructions:

1. Assemble all ingredients; preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Place butter, Truvia™ natural sweetener, sugar, egg and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl with paddle attachment.
3. Cream together ingredients for 1½ minutes, set aside.
4. Blend flour, cornstarch and salt together in a medium bowl.
5. Fold dry ingredient mixture into the creamed mixture.
6. Roll tablespoons of dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheet approximately 2 inches apart.
7. Flatten cookies gently with the bottom of a glass dipped into cornstarch.
8. Bake in oven for 16-18 minutes or until edges of cookies are light golden brown.
9. Place cookie sheet on cooling rack for 20- 30 minutes before removing cookies.

Nutrition Facts per serving (2 cookies; 30 grams)

Calories 160; Total Fat, 10g; Saturated Fat, 6g; Trans Fat, 0g; Cholesterol, 40mg; Sodium, 20mg; Total Carbohydrate, 16g; Dietary Fiber, 0g; Sugars, 3g; Erythritol, 2g; Protein, 2g; Vitamin A, 8% DV; Vitamin C, 0% DV; Calcium, 0% DV; Iron, 4% DV.

 This cookie has 160 calories and 3 grams of sugar per serving, compared to a sugar-sweetened cookie that has 170 calories and 5 grams of sugar per serving.

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