Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are absolutely the best Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies that are soft, chewy, and loaded with dark chocolate chips. I have perfected my healthier recipe and kids call it "classic"!
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 166kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened at room temperature and packed
- 1/2 cup cane or coconut sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat or spelt flour
- 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips divided
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add butter and sugar; beat with a mixer until creamy.
- Add egg and vanilla extract, beat until combined. Add baking soda, salt and flour; beat until cookie dough is formed. Add 1/4 cup chocolate chips and stir with spatula.
- Place cookie dough in the freezer to chill for 20 minutes. In the meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 cookie sheets with unbleached parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Scoop dough with a regular scoop, roll into balls and place on prepared baking sheets 3 inches apart. Cookies spread.
- Bake for 10 minutes and remove while cookies appear underbaked, puffy and light in color. Strategically place remaining 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips into cookies while they are still hot.
- Let cookies cool on a baking sheet for 15 minutes before transferring onto a cooling rack to cool more. As cookies cool, you will see delicious grooves covering chocolate chips like a blanket appearing.
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Notes
- Store: If you like chewy cookies, store in a cool dry place in an airtight container for up to 5 days. If you like crispy cookies, store them in a ventilated container.
- Freeze: Bake, cool cookies completely, place in a resealable plastic bag or container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw on a counter for a few hours.
- Softened butter: Softened butter means a dent appears when you touch it with a finger. To soften butter, just leave it at room temperature for 2-3 hours. To speed up softening, cut up in cubes.
- Salted butter: If you use salted butter, omit salt.
- Don't skip dough chilling: Otherwise your cookies will spread.
- Flour: Don't use any other flour except the one instructed in this recipe. Measure flour correctly by scooping it with a spoon into a measuring cup and then leveling with a knife.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 127mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g