"Holiday cookies have no calories" is what I always tell my guests, but that isn't true and no one believes me anyway. Those little Russian Tea Cakes have 75 calories each, provided you make 48 from the recipe. When the recipe states "butter or margarine" it is calculated using the first ingredient. The Ulitmate Spritz are a mere 45 calories for each little buttery cookie, as long as you get 75 cookies from the recipe. When it says an ingredient is "if desired," it means those optional ingredients are not calculated. Buttery Chocolate Pinwheels are just 90 calories when you make 48 from the recipe.
Answered on 9/9/2013 12:00:00 AM by