Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies -

Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies

This perfectly balanced homemade chocolate chip cookies recipe is crafted with homemade dark chocolate chips. With just the right amount of sweetness from dates and the traditional chocolate chip cookie flavor kids love, this cookie satisfies both taste-conscious kids and health-conscious parents. Warm, chewy and delicious are just around the oven. Grab the printable version of this recipe in my free recipe ebook here.

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Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 12

Total Time: 22

Servings: Cookies

Calories: 146kcal

Equipment

2 Baking Sheets

Ingredients

113 g butter softened
150 g homemade date paste or store-bought date paste softened with hot water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
250 g flour
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
12 g collagen optional
1 batch homemade chocolate or Hu chocolate chips

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
To a medium-size bowl, add softened butter and date paste. Using a stand or hand electric mixer with the beater or paddle attachment, mix until well combined.
To the butter and date mixture, add vanilla and egg and mix until combined.
Add dry ingredients and mix by hand until fully incorporated.
Gently mix in chocolate chunks.
Using an ice cream scooper or spoon and a knife, scoop cookie dough into 16 equal-size cookies on the baking sheets. You can flatten them slightly with your hand or leave them as mound-shaped cookies.
Bake for 12 minutes.
Let the cookies cool completely before removing from baking sheets.
Store in an airtight container on the counter for up to three days or in the fridge for up to one week.

Notes

If you are using store-bought date paste, you will need to soften it with hot water since it has less moisture and is much more dense than homemade date paste. A good ratio is to use 3/4 the amount of recommended date paste and add hot water for the remaining 1/4.
Make sure the cookie dough is not at all warm (for example, if you freshly made your date paste) before mixing in the chocolate pieces so that they do not melt while you are mixing. If it is a little warm, place the cookie dough in the fridge for 10-20 minutes before adding the chocolate chunks.
Additionally, keep your chocolate pieces in the fridge or freezer until you need them so that they do not melt during mixing.
If you want a more refined look to your cookies, you can smooth and shape them into circles with your hands. My daughter successfully did this while helping me bake a batch. However, do be careful not to mess with them too much as the heat from your hands will start to melt the chocolate.
To make this recipe into one giant cookie, simply shape it on a cookie sheet and bake for longer (20-25 minutes, checking to see if the center looks done).

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