Lighter Cookie Dough Glazed Brownie Cookies
These Lighter Cookie Dough Glazed Brownie Cookies are exactly as rich and delicious as they sound even though each one is only about 50 calories! Aka if (when) you want to eat the whole batch, it’s not that bad of a decision.
Ingredients
- Brownie Cookies
- 2 tablespoons no-sugar-added applesauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 egg
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ cup white flour
- 3 tablespoons whole wheat flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- Dash of salt
- Cookie Dough Glaze
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons white flour
- Dash of salt
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup marshmallow fluff
- 2 tablespoons fat free whipped topping
- 1 tablespoon mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Step 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Step 2 In a small bowl, combine applesauce, butter, egg and vanilla
- Step 3 In a medium-sized bowl, combine brown sugar, white sugar, cocoa powder, white flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
- Step 4 Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir to combine. Batter will be more wet than your traditional cookie dough
- Step 5 Grease a baking sheet. Separate batter into 12 equal portions, spaced about an inch apart on the prepared sheet. Press down lightly to flatten the cookies slightly
- Step 6 Bake for 8-10 minutes until the bottoms are solid and browned and the tops are beginning to crack
- Step 7 Remove to a wire cooling rack and cool to room temperature
- Step 8 Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine brown sugar, white flour and salt. Stir in vanilla extract and marshmallow fluff
- Step 9 Gently fold in whipped topping until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips
- Step 10 Spread glaze evenly over cooled cookies. Store in the refrigerator for up to a week
