Healthier Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

This classic chocolate chip cookie recipe is made healthier by replacing half the butter with applesauce and adding raisins.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 12 mins
• Total Time: 27 mins
• Calories: 138 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup raisins
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
• 0.5 cup white sugar
• 4.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1.5 cups packed brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together flour and baking soda.

Step 2

Beat butter, applesauce, brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Mix in instant pudding until well blended. Stir in eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in vanilla extract. Blend flour mixture into butter mixture until just incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips, raisins, and walnuts; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.