Giant Low Fat Ginger Cookies

ladypit's Note:

These are wonderful soft and chewy ginger cookies. They make a lovely afternoon treat or could be put in a lunch box. They are originally from "Hey, Mom! I'm Hungry!" by Susan Powter and were supposed to be cookies to use to make ice cream sandwiches. Honestly, though, they never last long enough in our house to put ice cream between them! They are gobbled up as soon as they are cool enough to hold!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 22

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup white flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 dash salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ¼ cup molasses
• 2 large egg whites or ¼ cup egg substitute
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 325°F.
2. Combine the flour through the brown sugar and mix well.
3. Using an electric mixer combine the butter, molasses, egg whites, and applesauce.
4. Add the dry ingredients and mix well.
5. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray.
6. Drop the batter by 1 1/2 tablespoons onto the baking sheet.
7. These will spread so allow some room.
8. Bake for about 15 minutes per batch or until they are starting to brown on the bottom.
9. Let these cool on a rack.

Reviews

[francy moll]

I don't know what I did wrong?! The flavor is good but they spread out WAY to much! Will try again and see what happens. I am in Montana and we have a higher altitude so maybe that did it??

[Sailin' Babe]

Very good! I made these for a couple I care for and have low fat diets and they really liked them. (so did I)

[Chef #581862]

These are so good and chewy for a low fat cookie. I am really surprised. I used all whole wheat flour and low fat plain yogurt instead of applesauce because that's all I had. I was afraid it wouldn't work but it did! These are not for gingerbread men but they're great to satisfy my craving for sweets. Thanks. I'll make these again for sure.