Now that it's September and it's officially "back to school" season, it's time for me to resume my quest. This summer was very tough to find time for baking... plus the fact that I was putting on bathing suits didn't help my motivation. I did manage to make a few fun things, and I did find an amazing low calorie recipe for chocolate chip cookies. It's from myrecipes.com. It's actually called "puffed-up chocolate chip cookies" because it has somewhat of a cake-like airy quality to it. So if you like that kind of cookie, you are in luck because these turned out amazing.
Puffed-Up Chocolate Chip Cookies
For 3 dozen cookies:
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Cooking spray
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Spoon applesauce into a fine sleeve into a bowl; let stand 15 minutes. Discard liquid. Scrape drained applesauce into a large bowl. Add sugar and butter; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Beat in vanilla and egg. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed until well-blended. Fold in chips. Drop by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until almost set. Cool on pan 2 to 3 minutes or until firm. Remove cookies from pan; cool on wire racks.
For those of you who are interested, here is the nutrition information per cookie:
Calories: 78
Fat: 2.9 g
Carbs: 12.8 g
Fiber: .2 g
Cholesterol: 10 mg
Protein: .8 g
Sodium: 87 mg
Not bad ay?
