Sugar Free Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients

Cookie

• 2 cups sugar-free applesauce
• 2 cups xylitol sugar substitute
• 2 cups canned pumpkin
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt

Frosting

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup nonfat milk
• 1 1/2 cups xylitol sugar substitute
• 2 teaspoons molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. 1

   Cookies:

2. 2

   Cream first 4 ingredients together.

3. 3

   Sift dry ingredients together and add to the applesauce/pumpkin/egg/xylitol mixture.

4. 4

   Blend well.

5. 5

   Drop dough by spoon onto a pam sprayed cookie sheet.

6. 6

   Bake for 10-13 minutes at 350 degrees.

7. 7

   Remove from oven.

8. 8

   Remove cookies from cookie sheet and place on a wire rack.

9. 9

   While still warm, drizzle with frosting.

10. 10

    Frosting:

11. 11

    Cook butter, milk, xylitol and molasses until xylitol is thoroughly disolved. Add vanilla extract.

12. 12

    Keep frosting warm while drizzling over the top of the warm cookies.

13. 13

    I find it easier to just very quickly dunk the top portion of the cookie in the frosting.