New cookies: a recipe change
By marguicha
@marguicha (223129)
Chile
April 18, 2013 11:17pm CST
I love to eat delicious things and when I have not much to do, my feet take me to the kitchen. I had to change my cookie recipe to something that looked like the normal cookies, tasted like them but were lighter. I made oatmeal cookies, but changed half of the amount of oatmeal to an only fiber cereal. Instead of sugar, I used Stevia. And I decided that I would put only half the amount of fat (oil instead of butter too). I wanted to share this here as the results were awesome. Many times, changing a recipe a bit can make all the difference as diet goes. Do you do things like this too?
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7 responses
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
19 Apr 13
How clever of you to do this. I have made a note of the changes you made. I have cut down on the calories when making a lasagna or any other cheese recipe. I add non fat plain yoghurt to reduce calories and it works well as it is very creamy and no one notices the difference in the amount of cheese. I use yoghurt too instead of full cream in recipes. I may just add a dollop of cream and no one has said you have put in yoghurt.
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@marguicha (223129)
• Chile
27 Apr 13
I don`t use cream at all for recipes, cynth. I have my fair share of cream when I can see it and taste it, but I change it for milk or yogurt in other dishes. Some cheeses have less fat than others. It seems mozarella cheese is better. Check.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
19 Apr 13
Dont worry how they look. Its the taste that counts !!! Have a great day there amiga.
@marguicha (223129)
• Chile
27 Apr 13
They tasted awesome. And in the last batch. I wenbt farther and made half of the recipe adding chocolate. I preferred the "morena" cookies
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
27 Apr 13
Id love to try those, sounds real good to me amiga. Have a super sat. there.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
19 Apr 13
I love to bake; I have a convection / microwave oven and I used to bake in this; but after someone else accidentally burning it , it is not as fast as earlier.I want to change it but am in a dilemma whether the traditional baking oven is better than this microwave oven.
COming to the topic, I too love to try out new things but as afar as baking goes I am just taking baby steps in trying out new combinations.I go strictly by what is given in the recipe.But the few occasions where I did try out some new combination were very good.
@marguicha (223129)
• Chile
27 Apr 13
I prefer convection oven, if you want my opinion, but I`m from the old school. It takes some time for me to change recipes, but little by little I experiment
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
23 Apr 13
I have always been adventurous w/my cooking.
When i bake i stick pretty close to the recipe but have been known to stray once in awhile. As u know i love to cook so why not make it fun.
When i bake i stick pretty close to the recipe but have been known to stray once in awhile. As u know i love to cook so why not make it fun.@marguicha (223129)
• Chile
27 Apr 13
This only fiber cereal has made cookies more crunchy. Yummy! On the other hand, the cereal alone is not what I`d call interesting: it is a lot like sawdust. So I feel I discovered a way of turning it into something that can be eaten.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
19 Apr 13
No doubt cooking is an art. It's an innovative art. I appreciate your changing method of cooking without breaking the original form.
@marguicha (223129)
• Chile
27 Apr 13
I have been doing this formany years as my late husband was a diabetic. When you need to do something, you start trying.
@randylovesdar (4932)
• United States
19 Apr 13
I use splenda instead of regular sugar and I do try not to use butter because of the of the fats. Randy is diabetic so I am always looking for diabetic recipes or if a recipe calls for sugar I use splenda. If you go to the splenda website they have several recipes.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
19 Apr 13
Stevia is better than splenda - read the pros and cons onine and yhou will be surprised
@marguicha (223129)
• Chile
27 Apr 13
Stevia is made from a plant. Splenda is sucralose. These substitutes for sugar are both a lot better than the old ones.
@emily7339 (1337)
• Malaysia
19 Apr 13
I seldom bake cakes and tried making a chocolate cake one day as I got the recipe from the net . I did it once and my son commented it to be good and tasty.
However, one of the ingredients is milk. As I do not consume milk, so the second time I baked it without milk . I replaced it with water instead but it did not taste as good with that of milk .
. I did it once and my son commented it to be good and tasty.
However, one of the ingredients is milk. As I do not consume milk, so the second time I baked it without milk . I replaced it with water instead but it did not taste as good with that of milk .@marguicha (223129)
• Chile
27 Apr 13
I have a vegan friend who uses soy milk instead of cow milk. Maybe that is an idea. A for mil, I have replaced milk for yogurt and it is a good idea. I make my own yogurt at home.
