Triple Chocolate Cookies - Ellie Krieger
What's better than a chocolate cookie? A chocolate cookie with three kinds of chocolate in it!
And what's even better than that? A triple chocolate cookie that's even healthier for you!
When I was flipping through Ellie Krieger's book The Food You Crave, I knew I had to make these. I love anything with chocolate in it, and to know that these are a healthy food, made it all the more appealing.
Dark chocolate is actually quite good for you. It's rich in antioxidants (surprisingly 8 times the number found in strawberries!) and has been proven to keep your heart and cardiovascular system running smoothly by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. This recipe uses both dark and milk chocolate to give a nice sweet and not bitter flavor. Combine that with the whole wheat flour, and you've got a quite a healthy and yummy cookie! Even my snoopy husband who won't touch dark chocolate or whole wheat flour found these quite tasty.
All things in moderation though. I found myself wanting to eat a bunch of these all at once. That's how good they are!
Triple Chocolate Cookies
The Food You Crave and Online
Makes 2 dozen cookies
1/4 cup butter, softened
In a large bowl, mash together the butter and sugars with a fork
until well combined. Add the oil and egg and beat until creamy. Mix in
the vanilla. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flours, cocoa powder, and
salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well. Stir
in the dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and the pecans and mix well.
Using a tablespoon, scoop the batter onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes. Transfer cookies to a cooling rack to cool.
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch processed)
1/4 teaspoon salt, optional
1/3 cup dark chocolate (2 ounces) coarsely chopped
1/3 cup milk chocolate (2 ounces) coarsely chopped
2/3 cup chopped pecans, optional
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
| Nutrition Information | |
| Nutritional Analysis per Cookie | Calories: 108 |
| Total Fat: 6 grams | Saturated Fat: 2.5 grams |
| Protein: 1 gram | Carbohydrates: 13 grams |
| Fiber: 1 gram | |
