18 Guilt-Free, Simple Cookie Recipes
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Classic treats
Whether it's chocolate chip, sugar or peanut butter, cookies are deliciously comforting, practically irresistibleāand bad news for your diet. To help you with this delicious dilemma, we've collected 16 cookie recipes made with healthful ingredients. So go ahead and ease your sweet tooth with these delectable treats, from Snickerdoodles to Chocolate Chunk and Walnut Oatmeal Cookies.
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Banana-Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients: Oat flour, rolled oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, raw sugar, canola oil, soy milk, vanilla extract, banana, walnuts, vegan chocolate chips
Calories: 138
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Peanut Butter-and-Jelly Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients: Peanut butter, margarine, calorie-free sweetener, sugar, egg whites, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, strawberry spread
Calories: 97
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Caramel-Cream Cookie
Ingredients: Chocolate wafer cookie, dulce de leche, whipped cream
Calories: 77
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Cherry-Almond-Chocolate-Chunk Cookies
Ingredients: Bittersweet chocolate, cherries, almonds, flour, butter, egg white, vanilla extract, baking soda, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, salt
Calories: 94
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Kiss Cookies
Ingredients: Condensed milk, peanut butter, baking mix, vanilla extract, cooking spray, sugar, chocolate kisses
Calories: 109
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Mocha Cookies
Ingredients: Butter, semisweet chocolate, one egg, instant espresso powder, sugar, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt
Calories: 90
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Chocolate Chunk and Walnut Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, light brown sugar, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, oats, salt, egg, vanilla extract, walnuts, bittersweet chocolate
Calories: 92
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Supercharged Cherry-Almond Cookies
Ingredients: Whole-wheat flour, almond flour, sea salt, baking soda, unsalted butter, light brown sugar, large egg, unsweetened applesauce, almond extract, dried tart cherries, almonds
Calories: 75
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Ginger-Molasses Cookies
Ingredients: Crystallized ginger, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, flour, butter, egg white, vanilla extract, baking soda, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, salt
Calories: 61
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Black and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients: Cake flour, baking powder, salt, brown sugar, butter, vegetable shortening, water, egg substitute, Kahlua, vanilla extract, semisweet chocolate mini chips, white chocolate chips, pecans
Calories: 87
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Linzer Thumbprints
Ingredients: Hazelnuts, flour, cinnamon, lemon juice, raspberry jam, baking soda, salt, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, butter, egg white, vanilla extract
Calories: 87
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Oatmeal-Date-Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, light brown sugar, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, oats, salt, egg, vanilla extract, dates, bittersweet chocolate
Calories: 91
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Snickerdoodles
Ingredients: Flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, sugar, butter, corn syrup, vanilla, egg, sugar, cinnamon, cooking spray
Calories: 54
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Cinnamon Streusel Crisps
Ingredients: Refrigerated sugar-cookie dough, light brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg
Calories: 87
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Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Cookies
Ingredients: Almond flour, egg, carrot, shredded coconut, raisins, walnuts, honey, canola oil, baking powder, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt
Calories: 153
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Cranberry-Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients: Flour, whole-wheat flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, dried cranberries, walnuts, semisweet chocolate mini chips, brown sugar, butter, honey, vanilla extract, eggs
Calories: 75
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Honey-Dipped Cookies
If youāre looking to serve up some top-notch gourmet cookies, but donāt want to spend hours laboring over a complicated recipe, whip up these honey-dipped cookies. Simply pick up some quality shortbread cookies and upgrade them by dipping them in homemade honey-lemon syrup and sprinkling them with chopped pistachios. Is that easy, but will look ultra-impressive to your friends!
Ingredients: sugar, honey, water, lemon juice, lemon slices, shortbread cookies, pistachios
Calories: 161
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Almond Butter Cookies
Change things up from your usual peanut butter cookies, and try these almond butter versions instead. These nutritious little treats are packed with healthy ingredients like dates, almonds, cherries, and oats. And the best part? Theyāre sweetened with dates and maple syrup, which means they donāt contain an ounce of refined sugar.
Ingredients: Medjool dates, raw almonds, almond butter, maple syrup, almond extract, cinnamon, cherries, oats.
Calories: 128
Try this recipe: Almond Butter Cookies