Sunday, January 9, 2011

Ummm-Yum..What should I call it??

As promised I have been working on this blog for several days..baking and testing and photographing. This is my first foray into the cooking portion of my blog, which will actually one day be the center of my Blog. Pictured above is the product of my efforts to create a healthy cookie. No, that is not a oxymoron. I broke it down, picked the best ingredients, and added a smidgen of good stuff. I have been looking for something that looked to a kid and tasted for a kid like a yummy cookie. As a mom I needed
something for my house filled with busy athletes. Swimmers, runners and soccer players that require allot and burn allot of calories.  The classic toll house was too many empty calories for them to snack on.
Here are the steps for making this bit of yum that I can't seem to find the right name for.


The ingredients are above and listed in the recipe below.


Cream soften butter..do not allow it to get to warm or it will cause the dough to run and spread in the oven.

Add 1 1/2 cups brown sugar. It helps with moisture and the browning of the cookie.

Beat the butter and sugar until a noticeable change in color..it will look lighter in color and fluffy. The fluffy is air being incorporated which makes a nice soft bite to the cookie.

Now while the mixer is going add 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 3 eggs. The eggs are added one at a time and allowing time for them to be incorporated. The mixture will have a nice shiny liquid look.

Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter (if  you prefer crunchy PB it is OK too!) blend completely.

For dry ingredients;  2 1/2 cups cake flour ( a softer flour which produces a more tender crumb) 3/4 cup whey protein, 3/4 cup oat bran, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt. Above these are pictured as measured. I then take a fork and combine the dry ingredients. The dry ingredients are best added in 2-3 parts. Once fully blended I add the final ingredient 2 cups of Ghiradelli 60% Cocoa chips.

After all ingredients are added I scrape the sides and refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes. This allows the melding of flavors, the softening of the oat bran and firming of the butter. The cookies are baked in preheated 325 degree oven for 17-20 minutes. They will be a light golden color and soft and chewy.
Kids never need to know you snuck in extra protein and fiber to their diet. So offer a cookie instead of a granola bar. A 2" cookie has approximately 100 calories , 1+ grams of protein and 1 gram of fiber and 13 g of carbohydrates, 5 g of fat in each large cookie.

Try the recipe and let me know what you think..What would you call it?

1 cup soft butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup peanut butter
2 1/2 cups cake flour
3/4 cups whey protein powder
3/4 cups oat bran
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon  baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt (fine )
2 cups 60 % cocoa Ghiradelli chips (these are nice fat chips that are decadent all by themselves!)

3 comments:

  1. Can't wait to try them. I have never baked with whey protein powder or even cake flour so really interested in the consistency. Do you have to buy the protein at a health food store? Liked your notes as you went along as well as the pictures.

    Trying to stay away from the "healthy" label for a name...how about "Choc-full-of-goodness."

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  2. @Shea, that is a great name! I can buy all the ingredients at the grocery store. I used the EAS advantage whey protien shake mix because we have it around the house. It also melds well and does not leave a chalky taste in the cookie. Subsitutuing this for another whey protien powder is possible but I can't gurantee the chalky factor.

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  3. SARAH DERRICK && MADDIE POTTER EDITED THE PHOTOS. ♥

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