Chocolate-chip cookies (low fat)

40 cookies

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2¼ cup Cake (not self rising) flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Prune puree or prepared
Prune butter (see below).
2 tablespoons Butter or margarine
¾ cup Sugar
¾ cup Light-brown sugar, packed
1 Egg
2 Egg whites
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
1¼ cup Semi-sweet choc. chips

Directions

Heat oven to 375 f. Coat baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray.

In medium bowl, with wire whisk, combine cake flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat together prune puree, butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, egg whites and vanilla 2 minutes or until creamy and light. With mixer on low speed, beat in dry ingredients just until incorporated.

By hand, stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded tablespoonsful onto baking sheets; flatten slightly with back of spoon. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges. Let cookies cool on pan on wire rack 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

PRUNE PUREE: To make 1 cup, combine 1⅓ cup pitted prunes and 6 tbs. of water in container of food processor. Pulse on and off until prunes are very finely chopped. Measure out ¾ c. puree and set aside (the remaining ¼ c. puree can be used as a spread in place of butter or fruit preserves.)

Nutritional Info: 96 cal.; 1 g. pro.; 2 g. fat; 19 g. carb.; 100 mg.

sodium; 5 mg. chol.

From: Sweet Thing #10 @5211 2 Date: 03-00-00 Submitted By GAIL SHIPP On 11-30-95

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