Chewy Chocolate Cookies Low Fat Food

CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease two cookies sheets.
• Beat egg whites until frothy.
• Sift sugar, cocoa and flour into the whites.
• Add water.
• Continue beating on high for a few minutes until the mixture thickens.
• Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.
• Place generous spoonfuls on the mixture one inch apart on the cookie sheets.
• Bake 12-15 minutes, until firm on top but soft on the inside. It is best to bake these one sheet at a time.
• Cool on a wire rack.

BETTER FOR YOUR HEART - CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES LOW FAT

Steps:

• Combine oil and syrup in large bowl, stir with whisk, add sugars and stir until well blended, add vanilla, butter flavoring and egg whites.
• Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups and combine flours, baking soda and salt in a small bowl - add to sugar mixture, stirring until well combined.
• Add chips - cover and chill 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Drop dough by level tablespoons, 2-inches apart on cookie sheets coated with cooking spray.
• Bake for 8 minutes, remove and cool on pan for 2 minutes; remove and cool on wire racks.
• I use Silpat liners - thus not needing cooking spray - I recommend everyone buy some Silpat liners (I've given them away to almost everyone I know!).

FAT-FREE CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt (I like to sift them together to destroy any lumps in the cocoa).
• Stir in corn syrup and egg white until blended (dough will be thick and slightly sticky).
• Drop by rounded teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes or just until set (cookies will be soft when pressed).
• Do not overbake.
• Cool on wire rack.

BIG FAT CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Move oven rack to slightly above middle and turn oven on to 375°F In one bowl, sift dry ingredients together and set aside. In another bowl, beat margarine with brown sugar, then add the rest of the wet ingredients and mix until well combined.
• Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and mix until just combined. Spoon 12 batches on the greased and foil-lined cookie sheet and, with a water-wet spoon, spread out and push down the batter to the height of the chocolate chips.
• Bake for 8-12 minutes, careful not to overbake - Cookies should be soft and will harden a little bit after being cooked. Transfer cookies to a cooling rack after 1-2 minutes of taking them out of the oven. Best eaten warm.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• In large mixer bowl; cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually blend into creamed mixture. Stir in peanut butter or chocolate chips.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-9 minutes. (Do not overbake; cookies will be soft. They will puff while baking and flatten while cooling.).
• Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet onto wire rack. Cool completely.

BIG, FAT, CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon. Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
• Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

LOW FAT OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars. Beat in the egg, followed by the applesauce and the vanilla extract. Working by hand, stir in the flour mixture and the oats until just combined and no streaks of flour remain. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Drop tablespoonfuls of the dough onto the prepared baking sheet, flattening each cookie slightly. Bake for about 10-12 minute Cookies will be light brown at the edges when done.
• Let cool on sheet for 3 or 4 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container.