Low Calorie, Low Fat - Coconut Soft Cookies
charlotte77
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Firstly, this is my first post here at MFP and I'm pleased to say how things are going quite well and I like the way I've seen everyone helping each other, it's motivational and inspiring and I'm pleased to have joined such a community. I've been lurking the boards and been browsing some recipes and watched a few interesting threads and thought it was about time to post my own. And what better than a low calorie, low fat cookie recipe?
Completely Vegetarian and Vegan, soft, quite reasonably sized cookies. An easy recipe that to be honest I did whip together as a 'wing it' moment and just threw some stuff together. The batch of 13 (How unlucky lol. Haha =D) have come out of the oven and are cooling down right now but I couldn't help but have a nibble.
They may be a bit.. bland to some but they do have a soft, oaty texture and an after taste of coconut with the hint of applesauce.
Here's the recipe and the good old nutritional facts.
Whole Wheat Flour, 1/2 cup
Applesauce, sweetened, 1/2 cup
Dessicated Coconut, 3 tbsp
Baking Powder, 1/2 tsp
Bicarbonate of Soda, 1 tsp
Water 1/2 cup
Mix the flour, coconut, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda together and then add the applesauce and water. Mix well until all combined and the texture becomes a little bit like porridge. Using a tablespoon, spoon out reasonable amounts onto the baking trays (that has been sprayed using the no-cal/low-cal butter spray).
Place the trays into a pre-heated oven, gas mark 1 and leave for 20 minutes. Check them and then leave for further 15 and there you go. Enjoy warm, or leave to cool for a chewy bite treat =]
Makes 13 servings. 1 serving = 1 cookie.
Calories per serving: 31 calories.
Total Fat: 0.1g
Sodium: 145.7mg
Potassium: 6mg
Total Carbohydrate: 5.3g
Dietary Fibre: 0.7g
Sugars: 1.6g
Protein: 0.6g
I have also put them into the database so if you type in 'Homemade Low Calorie - Coconut Soft Bites' it comes up with all said information =]
Completely Vegetarian and Vegan, soft, quite reasonably sized cookies. An easy recipe that to be honest I did whip together as a 'wing it' moment and just threw some stuff together. The batch of 13 (How unlucky lol. Haha =D) have come out of the oven and are cooling down right now but I couldn't help but have a nibble.
They may be a bit.. bland to some but they do have a soft, oaty texture and an after taste of coconut with the hint of applesauce.
Here's the recipe and the good old nutritional facts.
Whole Wheat Flour, 1/2 cup
Applesauce, sweetened, 1/2 cup
Dessicated Coconut, 3 tbsp
Baking Powder, 1/2 tsp
Bicarbonate of Soda, 1 tsp
Water 1/2 cup
Mix the flour, coconut, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda together and then add the applesauce and water. Mix well until all combined and the texture becomes a little bit like porridge. Using a tablespoon, spoon out reasonable amounts onto the baking trays (that has been sprayed using the no-cal/low-cal butter spray).
Place the trays into a pre-heated oven, gas mark 1 and leave for 20 minutes. Check them and then leave for further 15 and there you go. Enjoy warm, or leave to cool for a chewy bite treat =]
Makes 13 servings. 1 serving = 1 cookie.
Calories per serving: 31 calories.
Total Fat: 0.1g
Sodium: 145.7mg
Potassium: 6mg
Total Carbohydrate: 5.3g
Dietary Fibre: 0.7g
Sugars: 1.6g
Protein: 0.6g
I have also put them into the database so if you type in 'Homemade Low Calorie - Coconut Soft Bites' it comes up with all said information =]
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Thank you for sharing!!! I love that this recipe has very few ingredients.. Definitely something I can handle! I'm keeping this one and making them tomorrow with my daughter! Thanks again and welcome to the site!
p.s. What are you preheating the oven to?0 -
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I looooove coconut macaroons and someone gave me a recipe that I don't dare make - It is loaded with coconut and sweetened condensed milk and probably a million calories per cookie. But THIS I can do! Thanks for sharing.0
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I'll have to try these!!0
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@ rattykid: My oven is odd and doesn't show the gas marks, it just has these little dots =S so I found the equivalents.
Gas mark 1
275 Fahrenheit
140 Centigrade
@ Everyone else: Hope you all enjoy =]
My boyfriend said that they were a touch bit bland so he added some reduced sugar jam. Or you could crumble them into a low fat yogurt. Experimentation is always good.0 -
These look delicious and healthy, thanks! Got to try them!0
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What is dessicated coconut? Is it just flaked coconut? They sound yummy, without eggs, are they nice and crumbly? I'll try these too soon.0
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Thanks!! They sound yummy!!0
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