Winter season is here, which means it is time to treat yourself to sweet desserts. There is no fun about winter without sweet tooth cravings. Sweet desserts can make your winter more enjoyable and cozier. The best winter dessert is none other than cookies. No lie that everyone loves cookies. Eating cookies on a chilly night while sitting near a fireplace is the best thing you can experience. There is no better feeling than dipping your delicious cookies in warm milk.
Many people buy readymade cookies from the hot food display counter at bakeries. But these cookies contain too much sugar and calories. Know that overconsuming calories is not healthy for anyone, especially those trying to lose weight. Hence, the only option for you is to make low-calorie cookies at home. Baking cookies is easy if you practice it a few times. The recipe does not require any special techniques. You can make the cookies in less than one hour.
The best thing about this recipe is that it tastes just like any other cookie. Being a low-calorie recipe does not make the cookies any less delicious. It has the perfect balance of flavors and nutrition. Below we have mentioned a recipe to make crispy low-calorie cookies.
Recipe Name: Crispy Low-calorie cookies
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 8
Ingredients:
Two tablespoons of butter (unsalted)
Two tablespoons of turbinado sugar
Two tablespoons of granulated sugar
One tablespoon of applesauce (unsweetened)
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon of baking soda
Four tablespoons of white whole-wheat flour
1/3 tablespoon of kosher salt
Three tablespoons dark chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Take a baking sheet and line a parchment paper on it. You can also use a nonstick silicone baking mat.
Now take a small bowl. Now add butter, granulated sugar, and turbinado sugar to the bowl. Make sure you use room temperature butter. Do not use frozen or melted butter since it will not give you the appropriate texture.
Mix these ingredients using a rubber spatula.
Now add vanilla extract and applesauce to the bowl and mix again.
Now add the whole-wheat flour, salt and combine them.
Lastly, add the chocolate chips and mix.
Make sure you do not add all ingredients at once. The items will not combine if you mix them at once.
Your cookie dough is ready.
Take a spoon and scoop out some dough. Make sure you only scoop one tablespoon of dough for one cookie.
Place it on a baking sheet. Repeat the process until you don’t have any dough left. Make sure you place the cookies two inches apart from each other.
Place the baking sheet into the oven, and bake the cookies for about 8 to 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, take out the tray. Let the cookies cool down for about five minutes.
Serve with warm milk.
Nutrition Information:
Per Serving
Calories: 102 kcal
Protein: 1 g
Carbohydrates: 12.8 g
Sugars: 9.1 g
Cholesterol: 7.6 mg