The classic oatmeal raisin cookie made low carb and diabetic friendly by using honey instead of sugar. Prep Time: 10minutes Cook Time: 12minutes Resting time: 20minutes Total Time: 42minutes Protein:1g Fat:6g Carbohydrates:16g Fiber:1g 1x2x3x Pin RecipeShare by EmailPrint Recipe Ingredients 6 Tablespoons Butter, unsalted ¼ cup Honey
Eight to nine minutes was all it took to have these applesauce cookies rise and achieve a nice golden-brown appearance while being baked in the convection oven instead of the 15 to 20 minutes noted in the recipe. Be sure to cool the cookies completely before packaging them up in a cookie tin or cookie jar. Cream the shortening and sugar together.
Making oatmeal raisin cookies healthy and diabetic friendly meant replacing the sugar with honey and applesauce. There are plenty of low carb oatmeal raisin cookie recipes using artificial sweeteners, but I make it a point to use natural sweeteners.
Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Place 1 teaspoon of raisin filling in the center of each cookie. Roll out remaining dough. Cut with a 2-in. cookie cutter. With a 1-in. round cookie cutter, cut a hole in the center of each; place over filling. With a fork, press edges to seal.