Holiday cookies without weight gain: Chocolate chip walnut cookies

Its possible to enjoy holiday cookies without packing on the pounds. No one wants to feel deprived of holiday cookies. Fortunately, Self magazine has come to our rescue with a handful of delicious and low calories cookie recipes. According to a Dec. 21 Yahoo! Health report, each cookie is around 100 calories a serving.

This means you can indulge without ruining your weight loss efforts or forcing yourself to shovel snow for four hours just to burn off the calories of a few cookies and hot cocoa. Make a batch or two of these yummy cookies to bring to the office, holiday parties and family gatherings. This way youll know a reasonable treat is right at your fingertips and you wont cave in to more damaging cheesecakes and pies.

Show your friends and family you truly love them and care about their health by baking up these healthier treats as gifts. Homemade baked goods are great gifts.

Chocolate chip walnut cookies

• 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
• 1/4 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 6 tablespoon sunsalted butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cups emisweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup dried cherries

Heat oven to 375. In a bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda and cinnamon. In another bowl, cream butter and sugars until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth. A fat reduction review can help you establish a clear summarize of what you need to focus on to complete your fat burning goal if you're a beginner; or serve as a reminder for the ones who are at an intermediate or more enhance phase of their losing weight strategy. Applying are seven steps that can serve as instructions for your personal weight loss plan. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same thing. Many weight loss applications have misled people into wondering that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss plans only work by producing a person's body to eliminate more muscle cells and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. Blend flour mixture into butter mixture. Stir in chocolate chips, walnuts and cherries. Drop 20 dough balls (1 tbsp each) onto 2 ungreased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake until golden brown, 9 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool on sheets 3 minutes, then transfer to foil to cool fully.

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