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jimb0

jimb0

chia works as well in some applications. 

 

i agree that the flour/water mixtures of whatever stripe you wish to name won't work for a cookie, which requires driving more moisture out to get the desired effect. with all due respect to the op, this is something of a fool's errand unless you really get into some of the more novel technical ingredients

 

the closest to a low-ish calorie chocolate cookie that you can easily make imo are something like the flourless fudge cookies. here's a king arthur version of this recipe:

 

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/flourless-fudge-cookies-recipe

 

if you were to replace the sugar with a combination of non-nutritive or at least low-calorie sugars, it works pretty well. that in and of itself requires some experimentation, though.

jimb0

jimb0

chia works as well in some applications. 

 

with all due respect to the op, this is something of a fool's errand unless you really get into some of the more novel technical ingredients

 

the closest to a low-ish calorie chocolate cookie that you can easily make imo are something like the flourless fudge cookies. here's a king arthur version of this recipe:

 

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/flourless-fudge-cookies-recipe

 

if you were to replace the sugar with a combination of non-nutritive or at least low-calorie sugars, it works pretty well. that in and of itself requires some experimentation, though.

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