Healthier Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Description
Chocolate chip cookies with crisp edges and chewy middles are given a healthy and fun twist by using sweet potato puree for some of the butter and orange juice as a replacement for sugar.
Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1/4 cup sweet potato puree
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1/2 cup white sugar
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1 cup packed brown sugar
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1/2 cup orange juice
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4 egg whites
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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2 teaspoons hot water
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
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1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Beat butter, sweet potato, white sugar, brown sugar, and orange juice with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs whites one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in vanilla extract. Dissolve baking soda in hot water in a small bowl. Add to sweet potato batter. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and walnuts. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
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Bake in preheated oven until edges are nicely browned, about 10 minutes.