Low Calorie Cookies

5 from 5 votes

Who has said that you can't eat cookies on a diet? Clocking at 98 calories, these Low Calorie Cookies will satisfy your cravings without guilt. So chewy and delicious that you'll never guess they are also healthy.

Prep Time10

Cook Time8

Resting Time15

Total Time33

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baking, low calorie

Servings: cookies

Ingredients

1 large egg
1 large ripe banana mashed (about 120 grams or ½ cup)
20 ml (1 ½ tbsp) vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
a pinch of salt
60 grams (⅓ cup) granular sweetener of choice calorie-free (erythritol) or use brown sugar
200 grams (2 cups) oat flour sub with all purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
⅓ tsp baking soda
30 grams (4 tbsp) chocolate chips

Protein Powder Cookies

replace 50 grams (½ cup) of the oat flour with 50 grams (½ cup) of protein powder

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 190ºC (400ºF).
In a large mixing bowl combine egg with mashed banana, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and salt. Using a whisk or fork, stir the wet mixture for a couple of minutes until smooth.
Add the granulated sweetener of choice into the egg mixture and continue stirring until well combined.
Once smooth and lump free, mix in oat flour (and optionally protein powder), baking powder and baking soda. Stir to combine into a cookie dough, then fold in the chocolate chips.
Refrigerate the cookie dough for at least 15 minutes.
Scoop out some dough and shape the cookies. Transfer to a parchment paper covered baking sheet, spacing them apart.
Bake in hot oven for 8 to 12 minutes, do not overbake.

Notes

Nutritional values are calculated for cookies made with calorie-free sweeteners.

Nutrition