Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup liquid sugar substitute
  • 1 1/4 cup flour, all-purpose
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons instant coffee
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 cup raisins, seedless
  • 1/4 cup nuts chopped
  • 2 large egg whites room temp

Method

  • Cream together margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add vanilla and sugar substitute to creamed mixture and mix lightly.
  • Stir together flour, cocoa, coffee and baking powder to blend.
  • Add to creamed mixture and mix at meidum speed 1 to 2 minutes or until blended.
  • Add raisins and nuts to dough and mix lightly.
  • Add egg whites to dough and mix until egg white are adsorbed into the dough.
  • Drop dough by tablespoonsful onto a cookie sheet that has been lines with alumium foil or sprayed with PAM.
  • Using your fingers dipping in cold water, shape dough into round cookies about 1/4 inch thick.
  • Spread the dough carefully because the finished cookie will be the shape of the dough after it is baked.
  • Bake at 375F (190C) for about 12 minutes, or until the dough springs bnack when touched.
  • Transfer from the hot cookie sheet onto a wire rack and cool to room temeprature.
  • Serve one cookie per serving.