Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies !
I saw a woman on the main board mention that she made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies ... I asked her for the recipe, but last time I checked she didn't post it yet. Well last night I was craving cookies, did some googling and found a recipe! This morning I tweaked it to make it more WLS friendly and just took the second batch out of the oven !! YUMM-O!!!
I absolutely Fall and this is the perfect cookie recipe !!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup splenda
1 snack size pre-measured cup of No Sugar Added Natural Applesauce
1 egg (use Egg Beaters for no fat!)
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp fat free milk
1 tbsp vanilla extract/or sf vanilla syrup
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I used about 1/2 cup and used these sugar free chips: http://www6.netrition.com/sensato_sf_choco_chips.html
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1 scoop unflavored or vanilla protein powder (optional) *I forgot this, so I don't know if this would change the taste of the recipe!
1. Combine pumpkin, splenda, applesauce and egg in bowl. In seperate bowl stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and then stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
2. Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
3. Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake in pre-heated at 350* for 9-10 minutes.