Low Fat Chocolate Cherry Chewies Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In large bowl, combine low fat sweetened condensed milk, flour, cocoa, egg white and vanilla.
• Stir in chocolate chips and cherries.
• Spray baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets; bake 6 to 7 minutes.
• Store loosely covered at room temperature.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE-CHERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, mix cracker crumbs and butter. Press into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. In a large bowl, mix the remaining ingredients until blended; carefully spread over crust., Bake 25-28 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

LOW FAT CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix prunes & sugar until smooth. Blend in egg & vanilla. In separate bowl combine dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to the sugar mixture. Mix in cherries & walnuts (note: I use a stand mixer & don't bother to chop the cherries. If you stir by hand you may want to chop the cherries before mixing).
• Drop by spoonful onto baking sheet. Cook for 8-10 minutes. These should be a bit soft in the middle so they turn out brownie-like in consistency.

EASY CHOCOLATE CHEWIES (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
• Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl, (with mini chocolate chips, if using) stirring until smooth.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in icing sugar.
• Place 2-inches apart on cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes on cookie sheets.
• Remove to wire racks.

CHOCOLATE DOT CHEWIES

Steps:

• Prepare base: In a bowl, blend butter and brown sugar. Beat in milk, flour, and salt. Mix well.
• Spread mixture over bottom of a greased 13 X 9 pan. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a bowl, beat eggs. Stir in remaining topping ingredients.
• When baked layer is done, spread topping mixture over it. Return to oven to continue baking for 20 minutes longer.
• Mark into squares or bars while still warm. When thoroughly cooled, remove from pan.

LOW FAT CHOCOLATE CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F and place oven racks in the middle positions.
• Line one or two sheet pans with foil or kitchen parchment. Set aside.
• Beat the egg whites with the salt to a soft peak stage (when the tops of the peaks fall over when whip is removed).
• Add the sugar slowly, beating until the mixture is very thick.
• Stir in the cocoa powder, vanilla, and chopped chocolate.
• Place walnut-size mounds of the batter on the sheet pans and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until dry on the surface but still soft inside.
• Slide the foil or parchment with its cookies onto a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes.
• Peel the foil or parchment off the still-warm cookies and cool them completely on rack.

LOW-FAT CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the applesauce, oil and egg whites. Beat in sugars and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to applesauce mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until slightly firm., Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE-CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat brown sugar, shortening, and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Mix in milk, vanilla, and almond extract. Add flour mixture gradually, beating well after each addition. Stir in cherries and chocolate chunks.
• Place dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Drop heaping tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes, switching racks halfway through.