Cookie Dough Bites

August 24, 2016 Alexandra Caspero
Cookie Dough Bites - Food & Nutrition Magazine
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If you like raw cookie dough, you’ll love these mini cookie dough bites studded with chocolate chips.

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Recipe by Alexandra Caspero, MA, RD

Ingredients

  • ½ cup siggi’s Vanilla Non‑Fat Yogurt
  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup whole-wheat pastry flour
  • 1 cup quick cooking oats
  • ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips

Directions

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cream butter and brown sugar in a large bowl using a hand mixer. Whisk in vanilla extract, yogurt and peanut butter. In a separate bowl, mix together salt, flours and oats. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until fully combined. Fold in chocolate chips. Scoop 1 tablespoon batter, roll into a ball and place on parchment-lined baking sheet. Continue with remaining batter. Place baking sheet in freezer to firm dough balls, at least 1 hour. Serves 19 to 20.

Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 balls

CALORIES 101; TOTAL FAT 6g; SAT. FAT 2g; CHOL. 6mg; SODIUM 41mg; CARB. 11g; FIBER 1g; SUGARS 5g; PROTEIN 3g

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Alexandra Caspero, MA, RD, CLT, is a registered dietitian and nutrition expert with a passion for health and wellness. Alex is a nationally recognized nutritionist and appears regularly on TV, print and social media. She was most recently featured in Runner's World, Men's Health, Fitness, Shape Magazine & Vogue. As the campus dietitian, director of wellness and adjunct instructor at University of the Pacific, Alex teaches what she preaches. Through innovative programs and services, Alex inspires students to become their healthiest selves. Her blog, DelishKnowledge, focuses on making whole-food eating deliciously simple. Alex also dishes out delicious tips to her thousands of social media followers.