When I was lucky enough to receive a hand-me-down cookbook and kitchen-aid mixer last week, it meant I needed to do one thing.

MAKE COOKIES!

In order to have more cookies and less guilt,  it’s necessary to modify the classic chocolate chip cookie to be healthy(ish). How is this recipe better for you than usual? The cookies are a teensy bit smaller, have A LOT less butter, and substitute semi-sweet chocolate chips for dark chocolate ones.

Because dark chocolate’s good for you.  🙂

Tuna gave his stamp of approval – BEFORE I told them they were healthy. “They’re HEALTHY???” he asked in disbelief.

Well – healthyish.

All this cookie talk is making me hungry. ‘Scuse me while I go grab another…

 

This recipe was adapted from The America’s Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook.

Makes 18 cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup plus 2 tbsp whole wheat flour
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 5 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 5 tbsp dark chocolate chips

Directions:

Make sure oven rack is in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375°F.

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

Melt 3 tbsp of the butter in a small skillet on medium/high heat for 3-4 minutes until it starts turning brown.

Pour the browned butter into a large bowl and mix in the remaining 2 tbsp of butter until it’s all melted.

In the large bowl with the butter, combine white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.

Whisk in the egg. Let the mixture set a few minutes, then whisk again for 30 seconds. Repeat a few times to firm up the dough.

Stir in the flour mixture from the medium bowl and add 2 tbsp dark chocolate chips.

Scoop out a heaping tablespoons of the dough (one at a time) onto the baking sheets to form your cookie balls.

Press in a few chocolate chips on the tops.

Bake one sheet at a time, about 9-10 minutes. Rotate the sheet in the oven halfway through (after 4-5 minuteS).

Let cool on the baking sheet for 10 more minutes, then transfer onto a cooling rack.

DEVOUR!

 

 

 

 

 

 Thanks as always to Jenn @ Peas and Crayons for hosting What I Ate Wednesday!