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HFG chocolate chip biscuits with apricots and nuts

Bake a batch of these low-cost, makeover chocolate chip cookies. This recipe is so quick and easy and is a healthier version of traditional chocolate chip cookie recipes, with healthy fats, more fibre and less sugar and energy.

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 18 people (makes 18 medium)
Ratings: 4.3
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 100g reduced-fat spread
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
  • ⅓ cup chocolate chips (I prefer dark)
  • ¼ cup dried apricots, chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped nuts (I use a mixture of walnuts and cashews)
  • ½ cup wholemeal flour
  • ½ cup white flour
  • ½ cup rolled oats
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Set the oven to 180ºC.Cream spread and sugar together in a bowl until thick, light and creamy; add vanilla and mix through. Add chocolate chips, dried apricots and nuts; mix well. Add sifted flours (return husks from wholemeal flour to the bowl), oats and baking powder and mix until well combined.

    2 Lightly grease a large oven tray (I use oil spray for this). Roll the crumbly mixture into balls – it’s quite a crumbly mixture but it will come together – and arrange on a tray, allowing space for mixture to spread. Press down with a fork, holding onto the sides of the ball to prevent it crumbling.

    3 Cook for around 10 minutes or until lightly browned on top but still soft in the middle. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the tray before removing to a wire rack.

    HFG tip

    Traditional choc chip biscuits (per serve)

    Total energy 615kJ
    Total fat 7.7g (4.9g saturated fat)

    HFG choc chip biscuits (per serve)

    Total energy 510kJ
    Total fat 7g (1.6g saturated fat)

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