Big and Chewy Low-Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Big and Chewy Low-Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: Makes 18 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup, water; 4 tablespoons, chopped dates; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 cups (10 ounces/283 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/4 cups packed (8¾ ounces/248 grams), light brown sugar; 1 , large egg; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup (3 ounces/85 grams), semisweet chocolate chips

Desserts or Baked Goods
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Cookies
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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2006

Big and chewy bakery chocolate chip cookies taste so good-but they also pack more than 200 calories and 8 grams of fat per cookie. A "mystery ingredient" in our recipe makes these cookies just as good, and no one will guess they're low fat.

SERVES Makes 18 cookies

Big and Chewy Low-Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies

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