Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last night Chris and I were craving something sweet (as usual).  

Chris: We have the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie mix. 

Me: Oooo!  We could sub applesauce for the oil.

Chris:  Gives the look like I'm crazy.  Nah. 

Me:  I'm going to do it! Ooo..here's peanut butter cookie mix!

Chris: Eye roll

Me:  What?  I'm offended by your lack of confidence.

For those of you who know me, yes, once again, I used a mix.  But this time I made some alterations that came out great so don't I get a few bonus points?  We wanted chocolate so I added about 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips and to lower the calorie and fat content back down I used 3 tablespoons of egg whites instead of one whole egg and the recipe called for three tablespoons of oil so for two of those I subbed applesauce. 

The result was a little fluffier but still great and we didn't have a calorie savings but did save 15 grams of fat off the recipe. 

With my baking skills I'm still amazed I was able to do a substitution and not have a pile of goo on my baking sheet what I was done. 



Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies
24 Cookies

Ingredients

1 Tbsp canola oil
2 Tbsp applesauce
3 Tbsp egg whites
1 Tbsp water
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F.

2. Drop by tablespoonful onto cookie sheets.

3. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until cookies are set and just beginning to brown on bottom.

2 comments:

Cara said...

And if it was a pile of goo... I'd probably still eat it :)

Amanda @ Plato's Plate said...

This picture ended up on tastespotting! I am not sure if they notify you or not?