High Protein Cookies

These are a modified low fat cookie from cook-book author Jane Brody who was big back in the late 80s. I think her cookbooks are still pretty good - she proposes a high complex carbohydrate moderate protein and low fat diet. It is one of the few 'special diet' cookbooks that I go back to over and over again. These cookies aren't that sweet, and I use them as a substitute for protien bars. They do need some kind of dried fruit or semi-sweet chocolate in my opinion to make them dessert like.

I modified the recipe replacing the butter with a combination of peanut butter and oil, the flour with a combination of protien powder, almond meal, and oatmeal (which adds a slight crunch and moistness that is lost without the gluten in the wheat flour). Finally I replaced the sugar with sugar alcohols which are treated in your body not unlike fiber. Sugar alcohols are a natural product - derived from tree bark. Many low carbohydrate food producers use them extensively.

1/4 cup canola oil (olive oil works too - but has a
slight taste to it)
1/2 natural peanut butter
1/3 cup xylitol or other sugar alcohol (you can find it at Vitamin Shoppe or online)
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg or 2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (get real vanilla it is so much better not imitation. Because of the civil war in Madagascar it is expensive now - but worth it.)
1 cup milk/egg protien powder or whey protien powder (not soy protien)
1 cup almond meal
1/4 cup oatmeal
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

6 ounces of either chocolate chips, raisins, cranberries, other dried fruit or candy

Directions:
Mix together the oil through eggs until very well blended with a wire wisk. Measure dry ingredients in bowl and mix all adding dried fruit peices or chocolate chips. Bake on a lightly greased baking sheet at 350 for ten minutes or until desired
doneness. These cookies tend to be a bit on the dryside so don't overcook.

One variation i"m thinking of trying. Reduce the protien powder by a couple of tablespoons and replace with an equal amount of chocolate powder. Use dried cranberries in place of raisins or chocolate.

Comments

[David Gill]

Is this the blog of the Matthew Amsden I know? You recently emailed me..then i procrastinated and didn't respond ...then thru an email mishap i deleted my entire inbox. please get back to me.
David Gill
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[laurent]

i'm so happy to have met you thanks to the internet.

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L french boy