Old Fashioned Short Bread Cookies

• 1 cup softened margarine
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2-1/4 cups cake flour

1. Cream margarine and beat in sugar until soft and fluffy.
2. Add flour and mix. Knead dough to incorporate the flour. Form into a ball.
3. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
4. Roll dough out about 1/4” thick on a lightly floured board.
5. Cut with cookie cutters, or with a knife into diamond shapes. Bake cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet at 325° F for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

• Calories: 129
• Protein: 1 g
• Carbohydrate: 15 g
• Fat: 8 g
• Cholesterol: 0 mg
• Sodium: 91 mg
• Potassium: 38 mg
• Phosphorus: 12 mg
• Calcium: 7 mg
• Fiber: 0 g

Renal and renal diabetic food choices

• 1 starch
• 1-1/2 fat