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February 3, 2018

Healthier Sugar Cookies

Last Updated on December 1, 2020 by Sweet and Savoury Pursuits

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This recipe for Healthier Sugar Cookies makes delicious and healthy chocolate chip sugar cookies to share with your loved ones on Valentine's Day or anytime your heart desires!

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Healthier heart-shaped sugar cookies.

With Valentine's Day quickly coming up I decided to spend some time baking something special for the kids. But with all the sweets we consumed over the holidays, I wanted to give them a treat that would be appealing and delicious as well as healthier.

So I set out to adapt my favourite sugar cookie recipe into a healthier sugar cookie by substituting some of the ingredients with healthier ones and reducing others.  

Baking Healthier Cookies

A couple of things I do when I'm looking to bake healthier is to replace some or all of the all-purpose flour. My preferred choices are whole wheat pastry flour and quinoa flour. I like the way quinoa flour works in baked goods.

Then I look at the amount of sugar and see how much I can reduce without it having a huge effect on the flavour and tenderness of my baked goods. Of course, this all depends on what you're baking as it is different for cookies and cakes.

For instance, I find it much easier to use honey or maple syrup to replace some of the sugar in cakes and muffins than I do in cookies. The liquid to dry ingredients ratio works differently for those two types of sweets.

Although granulated sugar isn't a healthy ingredient, I think using a small quantity in what is, after all a treat, is justified. However, if you don't want to use refined sugar in your cookies, you could try coconut sugar. I haven't tried it myself, but I have a feeling it would work well with these healthier sugar cookies.

Healthier sugar cookies on dish.

Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies

This chocolate chip sugar cookie dough comes together quickly and easily. It's also very easy to work with, just a half-hour in the refrigerator was all it took to get these cookies firm enough to roll and cut into shapes without any difficulty.

Tips for Making them:

When ready to roll the dough out, start by dusting your surface with a little bit of flour. This will make sure the dough doesn't stick to your counter.

Roll the dough out to about ¼ inch thickness before cutting out the shapes.

If you happen to leave the dough in the refrigerator for much longer and find the dough hard to roll out, just let it sit for a bit and try again in a few minutes.

As you can see in the pictures, these healthier sugar cookies maintain their shape beautifully.

Healthy Sugar Cookies on dish.

How to Serve:

These cookies can be iced but I find the chocolate chips add visual appeal as well as an extra touch of sweetness and therefore make the icing unnecessary.

How to Store:

Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. You can also make these sugar cookies ahead of time and freeze them for up to three months in an airtight container.

If you try this recipe I hope you'll find that it's still possible to bake healthier cut-out sugar cookies that still taste delicious! If you have kids have them join you in the kitchen and help you bake these cookies. Mine always have so much fun cutting out the shapes.

If you like using quinoa flour in your baked goods you may want to take a peek at these Quinoa Chocolate Chip Cookies and these Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.

Enjoy!

If you make this recipe let me know how it went for you in the comment section below. I'd love to know if you made any variations to the recipe and how it worked out. And if you take a picture, share it with me on Instagram by tagging #sweetandsavourypursuits, I love to see your photos!

Healthier heart-shaped sugar cookies.

Healthier Sugar Cookies

These Healthier Sugar Cookies make a delicious and healthy treat to share with your loved ones on Valentine’s Day or anytime your heart desires!
4.75 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 40 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Course Dessert/ snack
Cuisine American
Servings 26 cookies
Calories 104 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg at room temperature
  • 1.5 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup quinoa flour or all-purpose flour*
  • ¾ cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp. salt
  • ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • In the bowl of your mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until light and creamy, about 2 minutes.
  • Add the sugar and continue beating for 2 to 3 minutes more, scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl once or twice.
  • Add the egg and vanilla, beat well. Stop the mixer and scrape the bowl.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the flours, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Whisk until blended. With the mixer running on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture, beating until just combined. Add the mini chocolate chips and beat until they're just mixed in the cookie dough.
  • Remove the dough and shape into 2 disks about an inch thick. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least half an hour and up to 2 days maximum.**
  • Once the dough is chilled, remove one disk from the refrigerator. Position a rack in the middle of your oven and preheat it to 350°F. Line two sheet pans with nonstick baking liners (silpat) or parchment paper.
  • Dust your surface with a little bit of flour, roll the dough out to about ¼ inch thickness.
  • With cookie cutter, cut as many shapes as you can, place cookies on the baking sheet. Re-roll the remaining dough and cut out more cookies. Repeat until all the dough is used.
  • Bake in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through the baking time. Bake until cookies look set and are slightly golden underneath.
  • Let cookies rest on baking sheet for a few minutes and remove to rack to cool completely.

Notes

  1. If you don't have any quinoa flour and don't care for it, you can use all-purpose flour.
  2. If the dough is refrigerated for much longer than ½ hour, and is hard to roll out, let the dough sit on the counter for a bit.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 104kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 13mgPotassium: 50mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 120IUCalcium: 13mgIron: 0.6mg
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  1. Shibasram" Old age home says

    February 08, 2019 at 12:37 pm

    Thanks for sharing these amazing tips (Shibasram)

    Reply
    • Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says

      February 09, 2019 at 9:37 pm

      My pleasure, I’m glad you found them helpful.

      Reply
  2. vanyadhanya says

    February 04, 2018 at 12:57 am

    Wow, these look amazing and so pretty too!

    Reply
    • Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says

      February 04, 2018 at 3:15 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Louise Crosby says

    February 03, 2018 at 11:41 am

    These are so cute, and I love that they contain healthy flours and chocolate chips!

    Reply
    • Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says

      February 03, 2018 at 12:54 pm

      Thanks Louise! It's all about balance!

      Reply

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