Vanilla Chewies Lower Fat Food

CHARLESTON CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Turn off the heat and let cool slightly, then add the brown sugar, almond and vanilla extract and stir until smooth. Stir in the egg.
• Whisk together the flour and baking powder in a small bowl, then fold the mixture into the brown sugar mixture. Fold in the pecans. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake until set around the edges but still loose in the center, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely, then sift confectioners' sugar on top. Cut into 16 squares.

RICH AND CHEWY LOW FAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl using a hand mixer. Add egg whites, applesauce and vanilla.
• Mix all other ingredients in a separate smaller bowl and add to the wet ingredients in the large bowl. Do NOT overmix!
• Spray 8x8 dish with PAM and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. ENJOY!

CHEWY LOWER FAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Spray an 8 inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
• In large bowl, with fork, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking powder and salt.
• Stir in butter, egg whites, and vanilla; mix well. Stir in walnuts.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool. Makes 8 servings.

LOW FAT CHOCOLATE CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F and place oven racks in the middle positions.
• Line one or two sheet pans with foil or kitchen parchment. Set aside.
• Beat the egg whites with the salt to a soft peak stage (when the tops of the peaks fall over when whip is removed).
• Add the sugar slowly, beating until the mixture is very thick.
• Stir in the cocoa powder, vanilla, and chopped chocolate.
• Place walnut-size mounds of the batter on the sheet pans and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until dry on the surface but still soft inside.
• Slide the foil or parchment with its cookies onto a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes.
• Peel the foil or parchment off the still-warm cookies and cool them completely on rack.

CHEWY GOOEY LOW FAT VEGAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
• Microwave the margarine* in a small bowl until melted. Let cool .
• Mix margarine and sugar in a large bowl.
• Add applesauce and mix.
• Beat in the vanilla extract and pumpkin.
• Add flour mixture to the large bowl and mix. Stir in chocolate chips if using.
• Grease a 8x8-inch pan with cooking spray and pour in batter.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and removed clean.
• *I like to use Smart Balance Light for my margarine.
• ** For mint brownies add 1/2 -1 tsp of peppermint extract.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In large bowl, combine low fat sweetened condensed milk, flour, cocoa, egg white and vanilla.
• Stir in chocolate chips and cherries.
• Spray baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets; bake 6 to 7 minutes.
• Store loosely covered at room temperature.

ILONA'S SUPER ALMOND, SUPER CHEWY, LOW FAT SUPER COOKIES

Steps:

• Warm marzipan in microwave for 30 seconds to soften it.
• Cream marzipan and butter so they are mixed.
• Add sugar; mix.
• Mix in whole egg and egg whites.
• Mix in vanilla and almond extracts.
• Mix self-rising and regular flour together and add in thirds into the mix. At this point I hand mix as it gets thick and I don't want to overmix the flour.
• Drop onto cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375°F for 9-12 min for chewy cookies. Add 5 min for crunchy cookies.