Chocolate Chip Cookies with Agave Nectar

I found a recipe for low sugar chocolate chip cookies using one of my favorite ingredients: agave nectar. It is sweet like sugar but it is unrefined and natural. So I took this recipe and made it a little lighter and better. A typical Nestle Toll house chocolate chip cookie has 130 calories and 11 grams of sugar. These cookies have 70 calories and 5.3 grams of sugar. And all I can say is Yum.

2 1/8 cup unbleached flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1  stick unsalted butter

(melted then cooled)

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup agave nectar

1 large egg

1 egg yolk

2  tsp vanilla

(Mexican authentic is best!)

1  cup chocolate chips

Combine the dry ingredients and set aside. Beat together butter, sugar and agave nectar. Add eggs. Add vanilla. Slowly add dry ingredients as you stir to combine. Once combined, add chocolate chips. Scoop out tablespoonfuls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. They will bake rounded, unless you flatten them. (I think they are cute as little ball cookies). Bake in a 375 degree oven for 8 minutes if you like them soft and gooey, or 10 minutes if you like them hard and crunchy. Makes approximately 45 cookies. Enjoy!

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