43 g Protein Low Calorie Cookie Dough Recipe
High protein, low carb and low fat, this low calorie cookie dough recipe is perfect for when you crave dessert but want to stick to your macros!
Servings: 1 servings
Ingredients
refer to measurements in grams for best cookie dough
- 30 grams (1/3 cup) whey protein powder (for substitutes see notes*)
- 25 grams (2 tbsp) powdered peanut butter (or 20 g peanut butter, see notes*)
- 20 grams (1 1/2 tbsp) granulated sweetener (I use erythritol)
- 30 grams (2 tbsp) 0% Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp sugar-free chocolate chips
- 5 to 10 ml (1 to 2 tsp) water (only if required, see notes*)
Instructions
- In bowl combine protein powder, powdered peanut butter (or peanut butter, see notes*) and sweetener. After quickly mixing, stir in the Greek yogurt. Keep on mixing!
- When doughy, start kneading the mixture with your hands. Only if after kneading for a while your cookie dough is still dry, add 5 to 10 ml of water to consistency (if you add too much water, restore the dough with some more protein powder, see notes 4 and 5*).
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Serve cookie dough right away or pop it in the fridge and let chill (recommended).
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Notes
- This recipe uses vanilla whey isolate protein powder. You can replace with whey, casein or a blend of whey and casein (vanilla or peanut butter flavor).
- If making this low calorie cookie dough with vegan protein powder, you will need more water or milk to get a dough.
- For a protein powder free cookie dough, make this recipe with (defatted) almond flour or oat flour. Nutritional values will change accordingly.
- Replace powdered peanut butter with 20 grams (1 1/2 tbsp) peanut butter + 1 to 2 tsp protein powder more. Note that this will increase the calorie content of your protein cookie dough (notes 6 for the nutritional values of the recipe with peanut butter).
- Based on the protein powder utilized, your low calorie cookie dough may require up to 2 tsp of water to get a doughy paste. But note that you should add water only if the dough is still dry after kneading for a while.
- Whey protein powder tends to dissolve when mixed with wet ingredients (namely the Greek yogurt here).
- If you accidentally pour in too much water and your dough is now sticky, restore the texture by adding more protein powder.
- Nutritional values for protein cookie dough recipe with normal peanut butter: 298 kcal 35 g protein, 7 g carbs, 14 g fats.
Nutrition
Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 6g