Healthier Easy Sugar Cookies

In this healthier sugar cookie recipe, some of the butter is replaced with non-fat plain yogurt. They taste so good no one will notice!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 70 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.5 cup butter, softened
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 0.25 cup nonfat plain yogurt
• 2.75 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Beat butter, yogurt, and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add egg allowing it to blend into butter mixture. Beat in vanilla extract. Mix in flour mixture until just incorporated. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Step 2

Bake in preheated oven until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand on baking sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Stir flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl.