So the other day I was really craving some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Unfortunately, I felt a little guilty making them after looking at the ingredients and seeing how much sugar it called for. Since I really badly wanted the cookies, I went online to see if I could find a "healthier" version of these cookies. Lucky for me I found a recipe and I LOVED the result. The recipe called for very little sugar and whole wheat flour. I had just made some whole wheat bread early that day, so I had freshly ground flour on hand.
The recipe is from a blog called "a foodie stays fit: a tale of two loves" and the recipe can be found by clicking here HERE, or just scroll down below.
Healthy Pumpkin Cookies That Don’t Taste Healthy
RECIPE
- 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbs. vanilla
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. milk
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Combine pumpkin, sugar, applesauce, egg and vanilla and mix well (we’ll call this the WET mixture)
- Combine by whisking: flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt in a separate bowl (aka DRY mixture)
- Dissolve baking soda in milk, then add to WET mixture
- Gradually add DRY mixture to WET and mix until just combined
- Fold in chocolate chips
- Grease cookie sheet and use an ice cream scoop to measure out
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until they no longer look wet
- Let sit on pan for 2 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool
They really are delicious and don't taste healthy at all!!!!! Enjoy!
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