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Every weekend for the past 4 or 5 weeks I have been making Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies as a sweet treat for my family. We are a family that loves our sweets, so I always try to have something relatively more healthy and clean on hand to satisfy that craving.

I have tried several different cookie recipes over the months since we started eating clean, and while most of them have been acceptable to a certain degree, they were never as whole-heartedly loved as this recipe is. I thought I would share the recipe with you, since I’m sure my family is not the only one that craves something sweet as an evening treat.

I originally got this recipe from Spark People and have modified it a bit to suit our needs better. Here is the original recipe:

Serves: 36

INGREDIENTS
1 cup all purpose flour
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup Splenda
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup butter (unsalted, and softened)
1/4 cup applesauce
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12-ounce bag of semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS
Preheat Oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large bowl sift together flours, baking soda and salt.
In a separate bowl cream together Splenda, brown sugar, butter, applesauce, egg yolks and vanilla extract.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and pour in chocolate chips. Stir until combined, don’t overmix.
Scoop onto baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
Bake 13-18 minutes.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

NUTRITION INFO (per cookie)
Calories: 148.7
Fat: 8.9 g
Carbohydrates: 17.5 g
Protein: 1.7 g

I modified the recipe by changing the Splenda to Sucanat, which is a type of Organic Cane Sugar. (Sometimes I use Splenda instead. I switch back and forth. It doesn’t make a difference to the taste, but the Splenda cookies do seem to be a little lighter and fluffier.) Instead of butter, I use Olivio, an Olive Oil-based margarine. And instead of two egg yolks I use one whole egg and one egg white. I have also been substituting 1/2 of the chocolate chips for butterscotch chips. They make a really yummy addition to these cookies.

I have to say, these are some of the best cookies I have ever made. They always come out very light and cake-like, so if you like that type of cookie, then this recipe is for you!

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