Eating well's chocolate chip cookies~

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup All-purpose white flour
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
2 ounces Reduced-Fat Cream Cheese --
(1/4 Cup)
6 tablespoons Light brown sugar -- packed
6 tablespoons Granulated sugar
1 large Egg
1 large Egg white
1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
½ cup Semisweet chocolate chips --
Coarsely chopped
OR
Mini chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 375~ F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or spray with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook, swirling the pan, until the butter turns nutty brown, 30 to 60 seconds. Pour into a large mixing bowl. Add cream cheese, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Add egg, egg white and vanilla; beat until well incorporated. Add the reserved flour mixture and chocolate chips and stir with a wooden spoon just until combined.

(The batter will be runny.) Drop the batter by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto the prepared baking sheets.

Bake, one sheet at a time , for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden.

Transfer the cookies to racks and let cool. Makes about 2½ dozen cookies.

Nutrition information: 63 calories each; 1 g protein; 2 g fat; 10 g carbohydrate; 73 mg sodium; 10 mg cholesterol This recipe was shown on CNN's "On The Menu" Show. It took a long time to prefect these cookies so that they tasted good, as well as being healthy.

Typed for you by Marjorie Scofield 9/2/94 Recipe By : Eating Well Magazine March/April 1994 From: Marjorie Scofield Date: 05-22-95 (160) Fido: Recipes

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