whole wheat chocolate chip cookies.

I learned two things this morning:

1.  With the right camera you can make even the ugliest cookies look pretty good.

2.  Even the ugliest cookies can actually be quite delicious.

I was thinking how we are so blessed to have Kitchenaid mixers, and then I thought about how toned my arms would be if we still had to mix everything by hand.

The whole wheat makes the recipe a lot healthier so, you know…have a few…

Emma doesn’t mind this whole food blog thing.

Oh goodness.  They look so pretty here.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

(30 cookies)

What You’ll Need:

1 1/2 sticks butter, at room temperature ($1.12 at $.75 per stick)

3/4 cup white sugar ($.19 at $.50/lb)

3/4 cup brown sugar ($.28 at $.75/lb

1 egg ($.12 at $1.49/dozen)

1 tsp. vanilla (I make my own, I’ll show you how in a bit)

2.5 cups whole wheat flour ($1.13 at $.75/lb)

1 tsp baking soda (I really have no idea here, but it’s cheap)

2 cups chocolate chips ($2.29/bag at TJ’s)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix together butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Add egg and vanilla.  Add flour and baking soda and mix just until incorporated…don’t overmix.  Finally add chocolate chips (and anything else you want to add…nuts, m&ms, other chips, etc).

I refrigerated the dough maybe 10 minutes before putting them on an ungreased cookie sheet (I used about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie and they were pretty large) and might actually try doing it for longer next time since they ended up a little flat.  Bake 8-10 minutes and let cool before removing from cookie sheet.

TOTAL:  $5.13

Nutrition:

180 calories per cookie

8 grams of fat

25 carbs

2 grams protein