DESSERT: Lean Gingerbread Men

Servings: 1.5 Dozen Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup low-fat butter
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce (or low-fat yogurt - try 1/2 vanilla and 1/2 regular)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup dark molasses
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp ground ginger powder (or freshly ground ginger)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp allspice (if you don't have it, use cinnamon instead)
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves

Instructions:

• Beat butter, brown sugar, applesauce, egg, and molasses together in a large bowl
• Mix remaining ingredients
• Pour into butter mixture and mix
• Divide dough and let chill for 2 hours 
• Roll out dough to 1/4" or 1/8" thickness
• Use cookie cutter over rolled out dough and place gingerbread men on greased and floured cooking sheet or non-stick sheet
• Continue to combine and roll out scraps until all dough is used
• Bake 10-12 minutes @ 350 degrees
• Decorate with Royal Frosting when cool