Thursday, December 6, 2012

Low Calorie Chocolate Cookies

The other night I was looking for a recipe for chocolate cookies that were somewhat healthy - who could ask for more? Anyway, these cookies use only egg whites and I have substituted the corn syrup in it for honey. Give them a try!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup honey
3 egg whites

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray your cookie sheets with cooking spray.

Step 2: In a bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt.

Step 3: Mix in the honey and egg whites until well blended-will be sticky and thick

Step 4: Drop the mixture onto the cookie sheets by the teaspoon (mine had to be modest teaspoons in order to make the 40 cookies the recipe suggested it should make, though perhaps my mixture was not perfect).

Step 5: Bake in the oven for 7-9 minutes or until just set - the cookies should be soft when pressed. Do not overbake.

Should make about 40 cookies. When made with the Karo syrup (corn syrup) it is estimated to be about 36 calories a cookie, I'm not sure what it is with honey instead, but I prefer the taste of the honey to corn syrup.

Some suggestions for using up those egg yolks are to make: key lime pie, pudding, creme brulee, sponge cake or custard. Don't want to waste anything, right?