Lighter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat shortening and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add brown sugar and white sugar and beat until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla extract, and baking soda; beat until well mixed.
• Slowly mix enough flour into butter mixture until a thick dough forms; fold in chocolate chips. Spoon small mounds of dough onto a baking sheet, about 1-inch apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 8 to 9 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter with the brown and white sugars. Stir in the vanilla, egg white, and water. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool for 1 minute on baking sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Steps:

• Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven, and preheat to 300 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Beat the butter and both with an electric mixer sugars with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a second large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs to the butter mixture, one at time, beating after each addition to incorporate; beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to medium, add the flour mixture, and beat until just incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Scoop 12 heaping tablespoons of dough onto each prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Roll each into a ball with slightly wet hands. Bake until the cookies are golden, flat and crunchy, 24 to 28 minutes, rotating the baking sheets halfway through. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.
• When the baking sheets have cooled completely, scoop the remaining dough onto 1 sheet and bake. Store the cookies in a tightly sealed container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Add the flour, baking soda and salt to a medium bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside.
• Add the butter and sugars to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream the butter and sugar together until lighter in color and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl as needed. Add the egg and beat until incorporated. Add the lemon zest, lime zest and vanilla extract. Beat until evenly combined. Add the dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture and mix until just incorporated. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and fold the chocolate chips in with a rubber spatula.
• Use a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets, keeping them 2 inches apart. Fill each tray with 12 to 16 cookies, then bake until the edges are golden brown and the centers are still soft, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Repeat the process with the remaining dough. Alternatively, the cookie dough can be wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen for up to 1 month.

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Beat together sugars, margarine and vanilla in a separate bowl. Beat in egg whites.
• Gradually beat in flour mix and water. Stir in chips and drop onto parchment paper covered baking sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spray baking sheets lightly with Pam (or use baking parchment paper to avoid any need to prepare pans); set aside.
• In mixing bowl, beat together sugars, Lighter Bake, egg and vanilla.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
• Stir into Lighter Bake mixture.
• Stir in oats and raisins.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 10 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
• Cool on racks.
• Enjoy GUILT FREE!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in the upper and lower third positions. In a small bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda; set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and both sugars on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add salt, vanilla, and eggs; mix to combine. Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour mixture, mixing until just combined. Mix in chocolate chips.
• Using a tablespoon measure, drop heaping portions of dough about 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
• Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still soft in the center, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool on baking sheet 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool completely. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and grease 13x9 pan.
• Mix 1/2 cup flour with baking powder & salt. Set aside.
• Melt butter and pour into mixing blow, with electric mixer on stir (or lowest setting) blend in remaining ingredients -in order they are listed above- including the flour/baking powder mixture (EXCEPT the chocolate chips) until just mixed. Do not beat, just stir slowly until combined, scraping down sided as needed.
• If you are using the mini chocolate chips, stir them into the dough by hand.
• Spread into greased 13x9 pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and press them gently into the dough.
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, until edges turn brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
• Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
• Combine sugars and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add vanilla and egg whites; beat one minute. Add flour mixture and chips, beat until blended.
• Drop dough by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Stir together white sugar, brown sugar, applesauce, vanilla extract, and egg white until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter until moistened. Mix in chocolate chips last. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add egg, oil and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well., Divide dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. ghost-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Repeat., Bake at 350° for 5-7 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Decorate as desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Combine butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Beat until well incorporated. Stir in flour and baking soda until smoothly blended. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until deeply browned and crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.

Steps:

• Melt butter and set aside to cool.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment or foil.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter, egg and vanilla together.
• Stir in the brown sugar until smooth, smearing any clumps against the side of the bowl.
• Stir in the flour mixture and 1/3 cup (3 oz.) of the chocolate chips until thoroughly combined.
• Using level tablespoon of dough each time, roll dough into balls and place on cookie sheets about 2 1/2 inches apart.
• Press remaining chips into top of the dough( about 3 chips per cookie.).
• Bake, one tray at a time, until edges are golden and centers are just set, 11-13 minutes. Do not overbake.
• Cool the cookies on baking sheets for 5 min., then transfer to a wire rack or serve warm.