Guilt-Free Comfort Food: Classic Chocolate Chunk Cookies

 Guilt Free Comfort Food: Classic Chocolate Chunk Cookies

CLASSIC CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Calories cut: 50 per biscuit by using less butter and sugar and more oats

3/4 stick butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
4 tablespoons honey
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda a shake of salt
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cups quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup chopped dark chocolate
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

  • Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
  • In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugars, and honey.
  • Add eggs and vanilla and blend well.
  • Combine flours, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder, then add to the wet mixture.
  • Stir in oats, chocolate, and nuts.
  • Spoon batter in one tablespoon mounds onto a cookie sheet coated with cooking spray.
  • Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Makes two dozen.

CALORIES: 150 FAT: 6 g CARBS: 22 g PROTEIN: 3 g

More Guilt-Free Comfort Food

Midlands Buttermilk Biscuits
Free State Meat Loaf

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2 Responses to Guilt-Free Comfort Food: Classic Chocolate Chunk Cookies

  1. Jannette 14 June 2011 at 11:21 am #

    Oooohh that looks sooo goooood!

  2. Yolandi 5 December 2012 at 3:40 pm #

    How much is a ‘stick’ butter.?

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