Low Carb Holiday Recipes: Low Carb Chocolate Cookies by Belinda Schweinhart

 

Low-Carb Chocolate Cookies

by Belinda Schweinhart
As published in CarbHealth Magazine, Dec. 2002

  • 3/4  cup Splenda™ Granular
  • 1/2  cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 egg          
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate — melted and cooled
  • 7/8  cup CarbSense™ baking mix
  • 1/4  cup walnuts - chopped
     
    Mix Splenda, shortening, egg, water, vanilla and chocolate. Stire in baking mix and nuts. On greased cookie sheet, drop by rounded teaspoons and flatten slightly. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes.

    (For added flavor, add chopped low carb chocolate bar to dough before baking. Or melt chocolatebar and drizzle over cookies after baking.)

    Makes 24 cookies.
    Each plain cookie: 58 calories, 5 g fat,1.4 g carbs, .5 g fiber, 1.8 g fat
     

 


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