@cooklikeimbook’s “66kcal Chocolate Chip Cookies”
—The Recipe—
Ingredients I used (I made half a batch)
- Wet
- 33g butter
- 50g dark brown sugar
- 16g egg white
- 17g egg yolk
- 5g vanilla extract
- Dry
- 65g all-purpose flour
- 5g corn starch
- 5g baking soda [note: I thought it was way too much baking soda]
- 23g sugar-free chocolate chips
Steps
- Cream butter with sugar.
- Add egg, egg yolk, vanilla.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Mix dry into wet until just combined (don’t overmix).
- Let cookie dough chill for 10min while oven preheats.
- Bake at 180C for 8 minutes. [note: I’d reduce the time next time]
- Let it cool for 10-15 minutes before eating.
—My Review—
- Taste – Not bad, tastes like a legit soft choc chip cookie when I tried it out for the 2nd time and just put a dash of baking soda instead of the full amount he listed.
- Texture – Soft-baked, not much crisp on the outside. Quite thick. A bit cakey if overbaked. Very browned.
- ➕ Ingredients – I think the biggest pros is how accessible all the listed ingredients are. No sweetener or protein powder or oat fiber needed! Doesn’t even use common subs like applesauce/greek yogurt
- ➕ Very pleasantly surprised about the size of these, usually “low calorie cookies” are just tiny
- ➕ Quite easy to make, just needs one bowl. Don’t need to fridge overnight.
- ➕ Comes off the baking paper easily.
- ➖ Taste – When I followed the recipe exactly, it had waaaay too much baking soda (I’m wondering if it was a typo?? Maybe he meant “1g baking soda” instead of 10g), it tasted almost soapy and inedible.
- ➖ Low calories but not great macros. Barely any protein, high sugar. (So it’s apt as a “treat” but not as a protein source)
✅ Verdict: Very promising! Was impressed by the size. Love that it uses regular ingredients that everyone probably has access to & doesn’t need sweetener/protein powder.
If you plan on making them: I’d definitely drop the baking soda a lot and bake for maybe 6 minutes next time.