Soft Bran Chocolate Chip Cookies
Homemade soft chocolate chip cookies made with crushed Fiber One cereal and honey. They are dark brown and have a pretty decent honey flavor. They're also lower in fat than regular chocolate chip cookies.
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 tablespoons water
- ½ cup bran cereal, ground in coffee grinder or processor (28 grams)
- 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar (25 grams)
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (25 grams)
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tablespoons honey (30 grams)
- 1 large egg white
- ¼ teaspoon teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup all-purpose flour (65 grams)
- ¼ cup 1 ½ ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine melted butter, water, ground cereal, both sugars, vanilla, honey, egg white and salt and stir until smooth. Add the flour and stir to form a soft dough. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Divide dough into 12 even pieces on a foil lined plate and chill for about 30 minutes. Alternatively, you can just chill the dough (especially if it's very soft) and divide after chilling.
- When dough is slightly firmer, gently smooth the mounds into balls.
- Arrange balls 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet and press tops down slightly. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 6 to 7 minutes. Let cool completely.
- I think these taste better after they are completely cooled and the chocolate chips have re-set.
Notes
Note: If you use salted butter, omit ⅛ teaspoon of salt. You can also use melted margarine or spread -- the kind with 70 calories per tablespoon. If you use margarine or spread, reduce the salt by a pinch, use 3 tablespoons of spread instead of 2 and use only 1 tablespoon of water.
