Best Low Fat Chocolate Chewies Recipes

COPYCAT GOTTLIEB'S CHOCOLATE CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place sugar, cocoa and flour in mixer bowl and beat until well blended. Beat in egg whites, 1 at a time, scraping bowl as necessary. Beat at high speed for 1 minute. Beat in pecans. Drop by tablespoonsful onto sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies for spreading. Bake 1 sheet at a time for 15 minutes, turning sheet around halfway through baking time. Remove from oven; cool on paper. Place cookies on paper in freezer; freeze for 1 hour. Remove from freezer, peel paper off cookies. Store in an airtight container. These don't keep very long, so eat quickly -- as if that's a problem.

FAT-FREE CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt (I like to sift them together to destroy any lumps in the cocoa).
• Stir in corn syrup and egg white until blended (dough will be thick and slightly sticky).
• Drop by rounded teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes or just until set (cookies will be soft when pressed).
• Do not overbake.
• Cool on wire rack.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In large bowl, combine low fat sweetened condensed milk, flour, cocoa, egg white and vanilla.
• Stir in chocolate chips and cherries.
• Spray baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets; bake 6 to 7 minutes.
• Store loosely covered at room temperature.

LOW FAT CHOCOLATE CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F and place oven racks in the middle positions.
• Line one or two sheet pans with foil or kitchen parchment. Set aside.
• Beat the egg whites with the salt to a soft peak stage (when the tops of the peaks fall over when whip is removed).
• Add the sugar slowly, beating until the mixture is very thick.
• Stir in the cocoa powder, vanilla, and chopped chocolate.
• Place walnut-size mounds of the batter on the sheet pans and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until dry on the surface but still soft inside.
• Slide the foil or parchment with its cookies onto a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes.
• Peel the foil or parchment off the still-warm cookies and cool them completely on rack.

BETTER FOR YOUR HEART - CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES LOW FAT

Steps:

• Combine oil and syrup in large bowl, stir with whisk, add sugars and stir until well blended, add vanilla, butter flavoring and egg whites.
• Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups and combine flours, baking soda and salt in a small bowl - add to sugar mixture, stirring until well combined.
• Add chips - cover and chill 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Drop dough by level tablespoons, 2-inches apart on cookie sheets coated with cooking spray.
• Bake for 8 minutes, remove and cool on pan for 2 minutes; remove and cool on wire racks.
• I use Silpat liners - thus not needing cooking spray - I recommend everyone buy some Silpat liners (I've given them away to almost everyone I know!).

CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease two cookies sheets.
• Beat egg whites until frothy.
• Sift sugar, cocoa and flour into the whites.
• Add water.
• Continue beating on high for a few minutes until the mixture thickens.
• Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.
• Place generous spoonfuls on the mixture one inch apart on the cookie sheets.
• Bake 12-15 minutes, until firm on top but soft on the inside. It is best to bake these one sheet at a time.
• Cool on a wire rack.

LIGHT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter with the brown and white sugars. Stir in the vanilla, egg white, and water. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool for 1 minute on baking sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

LOW FAT CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix prunes & sugar until smooth. Blend in egg & vanilla. In separate bowl combine dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to the sugar mixture. Mix in cherries & walnuts (note: I use a stand mixer & don't bother to chop the cherries. If you stir by hand you may want to chop the cherries before mixing).
• Drop by spoonful onto baking sheet. Cook for 8-10 minutes. These should be a bit soft in the middle so they turn out brownie-like in consistency.