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One of the best things about Summer is the produce by far. I had some amazing peaches and was dying to try a peach shortbread cookie recipe. I scoured my favorite food blogs and found this one that was on the healthier side, since I have a bit of weakness for cookies I wanted to make sure if I ended up eating the entire pan it wouldn’t be quite as damaging. The cookies are 100% whole wheat and had only 6 tbs of sugar, and they tasted like it. lol. I think cookies either need to be whole wheat or low sugar doing both makes them a little too healthy tasting. These were a bit on the cakey side too, they were more like a muffin which was fine just not what I was going for. On the upside though, I was able to bring them to my boyfriend’s parents house which works well since his dad is a diabetic its a great low-sugar treat that he can enjoy guilt free.

Recipe:
(adapted from Martha Stewart via Cates World Kitchen)

2 cups roughly chopped, not-too-ripe peaches (this was about 3 large peaches for me – I took the skin of all but 1 to make it as sweet as possible)
9 Tbsp granulated sugar (6 for the mix and 3 to soak the peaches in)
pinch nutmeg ( I always use fresh grated nutmeg I think it makes a world of difference)
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour ( I used regular whole wheat flour)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp coarse salt
6 Tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2/3 cup heavy cream

Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a few baking sheets with Silpats or parchment paper.
Toss the peaches with 3 tbsp sugar and set aside.

Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and 6 tbsp sugar in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub it between your fingers (or mix with a pastry blender) until it looks like coarse crumbs. Gently stir in the cream, followed by the peaches.

Scoop up about 2 tbsp of dough and drop onto the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing the cookies about 2″ apart. Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until beginning to brown on the edges. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.