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Easy Brownie Cookies
This is the best mistake I've ever made. They are the perfect cross of a brownie and a cookie; chewy and fudgy to satisfy every chocolate lover, cookie lover and brownie lover.
What makes them so easy is:
1. they're mixed by hand with a spoon.
2. the chocolate isn't melted so no double boiler needed.
Brownie Cookie Recipe Substitutions
Fat - Oil or Butter
This recipe is naturally dairy free, but you can swap the oil for butter if you have it. You'll have to melt the butter in the microwave before adding the honey.
As always, if you use salted butter, omit the salt added later.
As a butter lover myself, I don't taste the difference in these cookies when the oil is swapped for butter because the chocolate is the dominant taste.
Honey
In baking, honey can be swapped only with another sweetener that's consistent in texture, like agave.
Use whichever honey you like because your taste buds are accustomed to it.
Flour
This recipe uses all purpose flour because that's what I had on hand, but you can use any flour that swaps 1 for 1 for all purpose flour.
Ideally, whole wheat flour is healthier because it's lower glycemic.
Gluten Free
You can easily swap the flour for a gluten free flour that substitutes 1 for 1 for all purpose flour.
Salt
Iodized salt is always recommended unless you're familiar enough with using other salts in baking.
Chocolate Chips
This recipe and the nutrition information are based on using Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips.
The darker the chocolate, the healthier the chocolate. Dark chocolate chips that are 60% or greater cocoa are healthier.
Using mini chocolate chips isn't recommended because the final cookie isn't as fudgy.
Storage
After completely cooled, store in a closed container or plastic baggie. They can be left on the counter or in the refrigerator.
If refrigerated, for the best taste & texture, let the cookies sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before eating.
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Recipe
Fudgy Brownie Cookies Recipe
- 2 Tablespoons Avocado Oil (or other non fragrant oil or melted unsalted butter)
- 3 Tablespoons Honey (or agave)
- 1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 3 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ¼ cup Flour
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- Move the rack in the oven to the bottom shelf. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- In a bowl, add the oil, honey and vanilla to the oil and mix with a spoon until combined.
- In a separate bowl, add the cocoa powder, flour and salt together. Mix it until evenly distributed.
- Add the flour mixture to the honey mixture and mix with a spoon until well combined.
- Add the chocolate chips to the batter and mix until evenly distributed.
- Scoop one level tablespoon of batter onto the cookie sheet. Repeat with the remaining batter, placing each cookie 1 inch apart.
- Bake on the bottom rack for 8 minutes. Remove the sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool completely on the sheet.
Joanna
About how many cookies does this recipe yield? Thanks!
The Gestational Diabetic Chef
Hi Joanna - I'm so sorry but I don't remember! It was for sure between 8 and 12, and if I had to guess I would say 8, but I can't remember for sure. When I get a chance I'll remake these and update the recipe.
Traci
Rachel
Is honey a good substitute for sugar in diabetes? I thought honey will spike sugars?
Can I use anything else instead
The Gestational Diabetic Chef
Hi Rachel,
Honey is lower glycemic than sugar (meaning it has a lesser effect), and sweeter, so you don't have to use as much. Yes, it is still sugar, but in sweet recipes I'm careful to minimize the sugars. I don't like the aftertaste of most alternative sweeteners, so I don't test recipes with them, but you're welcome to try an equivalent here. A sweetener with the same consistency as honey can work.
These cookies have 14 carbs per cookie, which is much better than what a normal recipe would produce. But like all carbs, they should be eaten with a meal, never alone.
Hope that helps!
Traci
Viola
Made these for my diabetic mom and she devoured them! Good thing one satisfied me
The Gestational Diabetic Chef
That's awesome! They're probably my favorite cookie I've made with honey. Thanks, Viola.