50% less sat fat • 92% less sodium than the original recipe. Silky chocolate glaze hides a walnut half pressed into each cookie. Serve these sweet bites with a cup of green tea for an afternoon pick-me-up.
Skinny Chocolate Glazed Cookies
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 3 hr 0 min
- Servings 30
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 1 ounce sweet baking, bittersweet, or semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsalted walnuts, finely chopped
- 30 walnut halves
- Chocolate Glaze (recipe below)
- Powdered sugar (optional)
- 2 tablespoons fat-free milk
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Preheat oven to 350°F. While chocolate cools, in a medium bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth. Add granulated sugar, beating until creamy. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla, beating well. Stir in melted chocolate. Stir in flour and chopped walnuts. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
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Step2Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Press a walnut half into top of each cookie. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.
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Step3Spoon Chocolate Glaze evenly over cooled cookies. Let stand until glaze is set. Dust cookies with powdered sugar, if desired. Store the cookies in an airtight container between layers of waxed paper for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 1 month.
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Step4Chocolate Glaze: In a small saucepan, melt 1 ounce sweet baking, bittersweet, or semisweet chocolate and 1 tablespoon unsalted butter. Remove from heat. Add 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 2 tablespoons fat-free milk. Blend well.
Nutrition
110
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
17g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 5mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 17g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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