Baking Tip

Happy Saturday All! If you enjoy cooking and baking like we do you may want to try this simple tip: You can cut 25% of the fat from a baked product and still have a delicious treat. Example: The Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for 2 sticks of butter, cut to 1 1/2 sticks of butter and you have decreased saturated fat, total fat, cholesterol, and some calories, and the cookies still taste great!!  I have decreased the butter to 1 stick, and this yields a good product.  You can replace the eggs in this recipe with egg beaters... cutting out close to 425 mg of cholesterol. Try it if you like to bake, but don't cut the butter and the eggs together, that will give you a cookie that needs lots of "dipping" before you eat it.   written by Kimberly Smith Lukhard, MS, RD, LDN