Double Chocolate Cookies

Posted by: hdeitrick on: October 8, 2012

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We were in the cookie mood today and I came across this recipe for Double Chocolate Cookies.  We’re all chocolate fans around here plus I had all the ingredients on hand so Hannah and I whipped some up.

As I started to read the recipe, I noticed it called for an entire cup (2 sticks) of butter.  I happened to have some Greek Yogurt in my fridge and I read an article on-line about how you can sub Greek Yogurt for fat in recipes.  So I cut out HALF the fat in the original recipe by using just a 1/4 cup of yogurt plus 1 Tablespoon corn starch!  No one could tell I had cut half the fat out of the cookies–they were still chewy, moist and delicious.  So here is my recipe with the yogurt exchange:

Double Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup nonfat Greek Yogurt
• 1 Tablespoon Corn Starch
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:
Beat butter and sugar together then add eggs (one at a time), vanilla and yogurt.  Stir in flour, cocoa, soda, corn starch and salt.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes (mine took 10 minutes).

You have to try these cookies (especially warm out of the oven)!

Semi-sweet chocolate chips (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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