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Julie's Reduced Fat Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

Bipolar Disorder Weight Loss Support

By Kimberly Read & Marcia Purse, About.com

Created: March 17, 2008

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This recipe is from from One Smart Cookie by Julie Van Rosendaal - "All your favorite cookies, squares, brownies and biscotti ... with less fat!" (page 32). Reprinted with the author's permission as part of our Bipolar Disorder Weight Loss Support program.

Ingredients:
1/4 cup stick margarine or butter, softened
1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
2 large egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup oats
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped white chocolate or chocolate chips
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 350 F.

In a large bowl, beat margarine and brown sugar until well combined - it will have the consistency of wet sand. Add egg whites and vanilla and beat until smooth.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Add to the sugar mixture and stir by hand until the dough begins to come together. Add white chocolate and cranberries and stir just until combined.

Drop spoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Flatten each cookie a little with your hand. Bake for 12-14 minutes, just until pale golden around the edges. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Makes 1 1/2 dozen cookies.

Per cookie: 167 calories, 4.4 g fat (1.3 g saturated fat, 2.3 g monounsaturated fat, 0.5 g polyunsaturated fat), 30.6 g carbohydrates, 0.8 mg. cholesterol, 148.6 mg sodium, 1.2 g fiber. 23% calories from fat.

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