Cranberry-Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies

By VegasBartender

Chocolate chips or cranberries might seem like the best part about these cookies, but it's really that each cookie is 75 calories.

Allyn Stelljes-Young, Rochester, New York, Cooking Light

DECEMBER 2006

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (about 3 1/3 ounces)
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour (about 3 1/2 ounces)
• 3/4 cup regular oats
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 2 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts
• 2 1/2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate minichips
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg white
• Cooking spray

Details

Servings 36
Adapted from myrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, oats, baking powder, and the next 5 ingredients (through chips) in a large bowl.

Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add honey, vanilla, egg, and egg white; beat well. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350°.

Drop batter by tablespoonfuls onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Cool 2 minutes on pans. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.