cofeefan- well ill make up a recipe. if lets say the recipe calls for 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup orange juice and a stick margarine. You do the math:
flour is 22 grams of carb for 1/4 cup, 22×4= 88 carbs
sugar is 4 grams carb for 1 tsp. (there are 3 tsp in a tbsp. and 8 tbsp in 1/2 cup) so, we need to calculate for 24 tsp. at 4 grams each. 4×24=96 carbs
eggs-no carbs
orange juice- 29 grams of carb for 1 cup. 26/4=6.5 carbs
SO, 88+96+6.5= 190.5 grams of carbs in the entire recipe! divide this by the amount of cookies the recipe makes, lets say 12 cookies = 15.88 = 16 carbs for each cookie!!! Whew!