Weight Watchers Sugar Cookies are a nice, lighter cookie to enjoy when you’re trying to eat a little bit lighter.

weight watchers heart shaped sugar cookies with pink glaze on platter

Yes, you can eat lightened up cookies on Valentine’s Day when you’re watching your calories. A little sweet treat will satisfy you when you’re craving something really bad! These aren’t bad, and you don’t have to feel guilty for eating them.

Ingredients needed:

  • all purpose flour
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • ground nutmeg
  • white sugar
  • butter
  • egg white
  • vanilla extract
  • reduced-fat sour cream
  • powdered sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • food coloring

sugar cookie dough and rolled out with heart shapes cut out

How to make Weight Watchers Sugar Cookies:

Mix the dough and pat it into a disk. Wrap it with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour. Chilled dough is easier to roll out. Roll out the dough and cut out shapes. Use hearts for Valentine’s Day or other shapes for different holidays or celebrations!

heart sugar cookies on baking sheet and baked on cooling rack

Place the cut-out cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for about 12 minutes. Then transfer the baked cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.

pink glaze and drizzle on heart sugar cookies

These simple cookies need glaze to give them a little more sweetness as well as a pretty drizzle. The glaze is made of powdered sugar, water, vanilla and coloring. Make whatever color glaze you’d like!

weight watchers sugar cookies heart shaped on white platter

The glaze will harden as the cookies are given a chance to sit. Sprinkle a little bit of chunky sugar on top, if desired.

hand taking heart cookie from platter of cookies

These are not super sweet and decadent sugar cookies… because they’re Weight Watchers Sugar Cookies! They’re a sweet treat that’s delicious to enjoy if you’re watching your calories (or if you’re on the WW program). You’ll find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card at the end of this post. The great thing about Weight Watchers recipes is that you can substitute healthier ingredients to make the recipes more appropriate to eat on a weight loss program.

heart cookies on a serving plate

After the icing has hardened, you can store these cookies in a covered container with layers separated by wax paper. When you’re following the WW program, put these Weight Watchers Sugar Cookies in little zip baggies of two per baggie. And then pop them in the freezer where they are safe from over-indulging! Then you can take them out when the craving hits. Enjoy!

If you are looking for more Weight Watchers cookie recipes, you might like to try my Iced Orange Cookies or these 3-Ingredient Almond Butter Cookies.

weight watchers heart shaped sugar cookies with pink glaze on platter
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Weight Watchers Sugar Cookies

A lighter version of sugar cookies that are WW friendly!
Prep: 35 minutes
Cook: 12 minutes
Chill Time:: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 47 minutes
Servings: 14 servings (2 cookies per serving)
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Ingredients

COOKIES:

ICING:

Instructions 

PREPARE THE COOKIES:

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. In a larger bowl, use an electric mixer to blend together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg white and vanilla, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the flour mixture and the sour cream alternately, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and beating just until blended. Shape the dough into a disk and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line baking sheets with silicon mats or parchment paper (or spray with nonstick spray).
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to a thickness of ¼-inch. Using a 2-inch cookie cutter (I used a heart, but you can use any shape), cut out the cookies re-rolling the scraps to make a total of 28 cookies. Place cookies 1-inch apart on baking sheets.
  • Bake until the cookies are very lightly browned at the edges, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer cookies to a rack and cool completely.

PREPARE THE ICING:

  • In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, water and vanilla. Add coloring, if using. Use a spoon to drizzle icing over the cookies.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving (2 cookies), Calories: 140kcal, Carbohydrates: 24g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 10mg, Sodium: 78mg, Potassium: 43mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 14g, Vitamin A: 115IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 15mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Two Weight Watchers Sugar Cookies

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3 Comments

  1. Patti says:

    1 star
    This did not turn out well. Done according to recipe. These are crunchy. Taste is ok. But I expected a better result. Disappointing. Hoped give these for Hanukkah.

    1. Lori Lange says:

      If you are not looking for a weight watchers recipe, then I would use a different recipe (these are very light and not full of a ton of flavor). I’d use this recipe if I wasn’t worried about it being WW: https://www.recipegirl.com/no-fail-sugar-cookies/

  2. Bridgett Owens says:

    Thank you for sharing this recipe! I am on Weight Watchers and do not want to sabotage my diet, but definitely will try this recipe! 🙂 I just received my new Stampin’ Up! Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps and I am eager to use them with your recipe! 🙂