Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine, at room temp.
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup Sugar Twin Brown Sugar substitute
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 cup white flour
• 1 cup wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup water, room temp
• 1/2 cup mini semisweet choc chips

Preparation

1. Cream together margarine, sugar and sugar substitute at medium speed until light and fluffy.
2. Add egg white and vanilla to creamed mixture and beat at medium speed for 1 minute.
3. Stir together flour, soda and salt to blend well.
4. Add 1/4 cup water to creamed mixture along with the flour mixture and mix at medium speed for 1 minute or until smooth.
5. Add chocolate chips to dough and mix lightly.
6. Drop by tablespoonsful onto cookie sheets that have been lined with alumium foil or sprayed with oil.
7. Press down lightly with fingers dipped in cold water to form a circle about 2" across.
8. Bake at 375 F for about 12 minutes or until browned (the cookies won't be crisp) unless they are browned)
9. Cool on wire racks to room temperate.

Variation

Chocolate Chip Bars

1. Instead of dropping dough onto cookie sheets, spread dough evenly in a jelly rool pan that has been sprayed or greased with margarine.
2. Bake at 375 F for 20-25 minutes, or until lightly browned and the bars pull away from the sides of the pan.
3. Cool to room temperature and cut to yield 36 bars

Recipe reviewed by Dietitian Kimberly A. Tessmer, RD LD

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