Nutella Cookies

Heyo

I found a recipe online for no-bake nutella cookies, but they were full of sugar. Which sounded like a challenge: make some healthy nutella cookies. now nutella isn't that healthy to begin with. Despite its health-food status, it's really just fudgy, frosting. But you can't have nutella cookies with out nutella(literally, you can't) so I vowed to make it as healthy as I could.

Normally the first thing I would do is substitute splenda for sugar, but because no-bake cookies are mixed on a stove-top(I find it ironic that no-bake recipes almost always require a stove) that was out. So what to put in instead? tru-via? agave? I had options but I was leery about substituting a liquid for a solid... Unless I reduced the amount of butter.... less butter is good. So agave it was.

The second thing to is get rid of some butter... but wait, we already did! Problem solved!

Healthy Nutella No-Bakes: 
     (makes 12 cookies)
3T agave
2T milk
1t+1/2t cocoa( you can try subbing chocolate protien powder if you wish)
2T peanut butter
3T nutella (I cut the original recipes amount in half)
1c rolled oats

In a saucepan mix the agave, milk and cocoa powder over medium low heat and mix until combined. stir in peanut butter and nutella until melted, then stir in the oats. mix thoroughly and reduce heat to low. quickly spoon cookies onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Refrigerate for 30 min.

These cookies came out even fudgyer then the original

Nutrition Info:
Calories: 67 per cookie
Fat: 3g
     saturated fat: >1g
Carbs: 8g
     sugar: 3g
Protien: 2g

Question of the Day:
What do you like to do on your days off?
Today is NEOEA day so no school for me! I get to spend it baking :) I'm even taking a vegan cooking class later today!

Sugar Cookies for Grandma

Hello anybody and everybody!

Today is National Grandparents Day, so I made my Granma some sugar cookies. But I hate guilty food, and my grandma belongs to weight watchers, so I made them healthy-style; thanks to Chocolate-Covered Katie. 

Now i think these cookies taste amaaazing! But my mom tasted one and thought they tasted like biscuits :( So what do you think, biscuit or cookie?


Sugar Cookies:
     (makes about 10)
3/4 c pastry flour
1/4 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/4 t plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 c Splenda
1/2 t pure vanilla extract
1 + 1/2 T milk
1/4 c vegan butter sub, such as Earth Balance (Some readers say you can use coconut oil, but I haven’t tried it.)

Combine dry ingredients and mix very, very well. 

In a separate bowl, melt the vegan butter, then stir in vanilla and milk. 

Pour dry into wet and mix again. 

Form balls or roll out (not too thin), then use a cookie cutter to make shapes. If you want soft cookies, you’ll need to get the dough very cold. (So roll the balls first, then fridge until cold.)  

Cook in a 325F preheated oven for 9 minutes. They will look very underdone when you take them out, but that’s ok!! Just let them cool for 5 minutes before touching. 
 

So maybe these cookies didn't work out. But its the thought that counts right? 

Cookie Tip: As a general rule, you should store soft cookies in plastic containers and crispy cookies in glass ones.

Nutrition info:

Calories: 55 
Fat: 2g
Carbs: 9
   Sugar:0


Question of the Day:
Do you have a close relationship with any of your grandperents?
also: do my cookies taste good?!