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Healthified Chocolate-Glazed Cookies

50% less sat fat • 92% less sodium than the original recipe—see the comparison. 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.

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Healthified Chocolate-Glazed Cookies
  • PREP TIME

    45 Min

  • TOTAL TIME

    3 Hr

  • SERVINGS

    30

 

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
  • 1 Preheat oven to 350ºF. 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.
  • 2 Shape 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.
  • 3 Spoon 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.
  • 4 Chocolate 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.
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Nutrition Information:

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 cookie)
  • Calories 110
    • (Calories from Fat 40),
  • Total Fat 4 1/2g
    • (Saturated Fat 2g,
    • Trans Fat 0g),
  • Cholesterol 20mg;
  • Sodium 5mg;
  • Total Carbohydrate 17g
    • (Dietary Fiber 0g,
    • Sugars 12g),
  • Protein 1g;
Percent Daily Value*:
  • Vitamin A 2 %;
  • Vitamin C 0 %;
  • Calcium 2 %;
  • Iron 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 Choices:
  • 1;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
What is healthified?

We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the original

Here's the skinny
Before After
1/2 cup butter 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
3 egg yolks 1 large egg
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/3 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 1/3 cup unsalted walnuts, finely chopped
30 chocolate peanut butter cups 30 walnut halves
2 tablespoons fat-free milk
Nutritional Highlights
Calories
 
 
180 (before)
110 (after)
Fat
 
 
1 1/2 (before)
1 (after)
Cholesterol
 
 
30 mg (before)
20 mg (after)
Saturated Fat
 
 
4 g (before)
2 g (after)
Sodium
 
 
65 mg (before)
5 mg (after)
Total Fat
 
 
9 g (before)
4 1/2 g (after)

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