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Low-Fat Chocolate Cookies Recipe

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Field editor Mary Houchin of Swansea, Illinois shares these soft cake-like cookies. They have a mild cocoa flavor and are topped with chocolate chips.

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Low-Fat Chocolate Cookies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 44 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup canola oil
3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the applesauce, oil and egg whites. Beat in sugars and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to applesauce mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until slightly firm.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 78 calories, 2 g fat (trace saturated fat), trace cholesterol, 63 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1 starch.

Originally published as Low-Fat Chocolate Cookies in Taste of Home April/May 2002, p17

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Reviewed on Feb. 17, 2011 by melissarb999

We used sweetened applesauce and 2 eggs instead of 3 egg whites, and they turned out delicious! Also just regular chocolate chips, not miniature. These are so good!

Reviewed on Nov. 02, 2010 by SKTerpstra

Gooey soft and addictive! Shockingly easy to make!

Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2010 by yides

I made these cookies yesterday and was quite perplexed when they came out not too a good texture - it was clay like and very condensed too much cocoa with not enough sugar. I wonder what i didn't do right???

Reviewed on Jan. 07, 2010 by mfperrysr@yahoo.com

I made these cookies today.They are great.Thank you

Reviewed on Jan. 05, 2010 by GingerBonnet

Pretty quick and easy, and people can't believe how low-fat and low-calorie these are.

Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2009 by cakegirl20

OH, these cookies are fantastic! :D I can hardly believe they are low fat! ;) They are especially amazing when they are still warm...nice and gooey and fudgey! I gave one of these cookies to my aunt, and she devoured it! ;) Lol! This is the perfect thing for me..instead of those fattening Christmas cookies. Now I can have something more healthy to eat instead of those fattening cookies, but not feel deprived! ;D I'm linking all my friends to this recipe! :D Thanks! Oh, I used a cookies scoop to help form the dough balls, but I had to use my hands as well to form them better. ;) No problem! :) So quick and easy to make!