I'm going to post the recipe for the chocolate chip cookies from Lean and Free 2000 Plus. But before I do I want to mention that I tried that whole grain compote from the recipe in the Deseret News, using the cracked grain cereal that I bought, and I really liked it. The cracked grain cereal already has flax seed in it, and I'm not interested in buying flax seed and making it a part of my diet, so I left that out. I think I left out the orange juice, too. But I did do the cut up apple and used cut up strawberries for the berries, and raisins for the dried fruit, and I poured milk over it and ate it like regular hot cereal. I like it a lot.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup applesauce
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup brown sugar
4 egg whites (I used two whole eggs)
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (6 oz) chocolate chips
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix applesauce, butter, sugar, egg whites, and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients. (I then chilled the dough overnight.) Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet (a little cooking spray is helpful). Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool slightly before removing from baking sheet.
These make a soft, cake-like cookie that is easy to eat (a lot of!). I'm going to make them again and try it with an added cup of oatmeal. Or, rather, rolled grains. Hey, why not?
1 comment:
Can I give some tips to your already awesome cookies to make them over the top healthy?
Instead of:
Egg, use 1 Tbs of flax seed and 3 Tbs water. Mix and let sit for a few minutes to get sticky.
Cow's milk, use almond or coconut milk
Oil/butter, use Earth Balance Butter (healthier and non-hydroginated), coconut or olive oil (virgin, cold/expeller pressed)
Refined sugar, use evaporated cane juice, sucnant or turbinado sugar
Find chocolate chips that do not have milk ingredients in them and that were not processed with alkali (dutch process is great)!
Add molasses for the brown-sugar taste
Eating healthy is a matter of having the RIGHT ingredients on hand. Then you don't have to worry about it being healthy when you make it or eat it. Just buy these items instead and have them on hand. It is that easy!!!
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