Low Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

I love this chocolate chip cookie recipe because it is low in sugar and therefore I can eat more of them… This recipe uses the natural sweetener, agave nectar, which is low glycemic and won’t raise your blood sugar levels like white sugar does. I get my agave nectar from Trader Joe’s. You can also find it at Whole Foods or other gourmet grocery stores. When you make these cookies, you’ll notice that it doesn’t make as many cookies as a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe because the regular chocolate chip cookies are made mostly of sugar! Unbelievable!

You won’t miss the sugar, I promise. Use pure butter if you can. Margarine will make the cookies not so yummy. These cookies go fast as soon as I bake them. They are eaten up within the next day. Enjoy this low sugar treat!

Makes about 45 cookies

2 1/8 cups unbleached white flour or whole wheat pastry
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter – melt in microwave then cool until warm
1/2 cup organic evaporated cane sugar or light brown sugar
1/2 cup agave nectar
1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (don’t use imitation!)
1/2 bag of 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips or white chocolate chips
(I like to use less chocolate chips. Use as many as you want!)

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix flour, salt, and baking soda together in a medium bowl. Then set aside.

2. Mix melted butter, agave nectar, and sugar until thoroughly blended. Mix in egg, yolk, and vanilla. Add dry indredients. Mix until just combined. Stir in desired amount of chips.

3.  Using a cookie scooper or spoon, place dough onto parchment paper-lined cookie sheets. I put 12 balls per cookie sheet.

3. Bake until cookies are light golden brown and outer edges start to harden yet centers are still soft and slightly puffy, 10 minutes.  Move parchment with cookies onto a cooling rack. Let cookies cool and enjoy!

Fresh baked chocolate cookies keep well in a tin. I like to store them in my Hello Kitty cookie tin. Mooncake tins, snack tins, and coffee tins work really well to keep the flavor of the cookies fresh and delicious as the day you baked them.

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