Reduced Calorie Cheesecake Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 c. plus 2 tsp. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/3 c. plus 2 tsp. whipped cream cheese
1/4 c. part skim Ricotta cheese
1 egg
1 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 tsp. reduced calorie raspberry or strawberry spread (16 calories per 2 tsp.)

Preparation

Heat oven to 400\u00b0.
On sheet of wax paper, combine flour and baking powder, set aside.
In bowl, combine all ingredients except flour mixture.
Using electric mixer, beat at medium speed until mixture forms a smooth batter, stir in flour mixture.
On nonstick cookie sheet, drop batter by rounded tablespoon forming 12 cookies (leave 1-inch between each).
Bake for 5 minutes; using a 1/4 teaspoon measure, press center of each cookie making an indentation.
Spoon spread into each indentation.
Bake until brown about 5 more minutes.
Makes 1 dozen cookies, 50 calories each.