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……INFINITE LIFE FITNESS RECIPE:Protein Cookies…

Being someone who has to watch what they eat can be difficult when you are tempted with delicious sugary treats every day.

There are so many HEALTHY alternatives out there  but the hardest part is finding them!

Well…i was lucky enough to stumble upon a great healthy treat that can be a healthy treat.

Introducing Quest Chocolate Chip Cookie’s

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Here is what you will need:

Here is how you make it:

  • Turn your oven onto 250 degrees

  • Open your quest protein bar and cut it into however many pieces you would like (i cut mine into 8 small pieces).

  • Place a piece of foil on the cookie sheet (this step is optional)

  • Place the cut pieces of protein bar on the cookie sheet

  • Place cookie sheet WITH protein bar in the oven

  • MAKE SURE TO WATCH THE protein pieces because they will cook very fast.

  • Allow them to cook in the over for 10-20 minutes (depending on how long it takes them to rise and cook)

  • Once they are brown take them out of the oven

  • Allow them to sit for about 10 minutes to cool off

  • Last step….ENJOY! 🙂

 

These protein bars taste JUST LIKE warm chocolate chip cookies once they are fresh out of the over.  Don’t get me wrong…these protein bars taste just as good without baking them BUT they are even better once you toast them.

These are for sure of my healthy guilty pleasures.  When something taste this good it is so hard to believe that it is actually healthy for you.  You can also do this with other Quest bars (such as the chocolate brownie and peanut butter supreme bars).  Try this out with any other their bars and find which one is your favorite!

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…Infinite Life Fitness Recipe: Flourless Protein Peanut Butter Cookies…

Here is another healthier indulgence!

I have found that it is very easy for me to stick with my diet plan…if  i know that i can treat myself randomly with a HEALTHIER version of some of my favorite treats

Today i am going to share with you how I made flourless peanut butter protein cookies!

FIRST: I MADE MY OWN PEANUT BUTTER!!! 

Yes i made my own pure peanut butter

This was done by:

~1 1/4 cup UNSALTED Raw Peanuts

~1 Tablespoon Canola Oil

I got my BLENDER  and put in 1 1/4 cup of peanuts.  I then put in the 1 Tablespoon of canola oil.

THIS WAS THE TRICKY PART….I had to play around with the settings on my blender to get it to start to turn to “butter”

  • at first I chopped up the peanuts (there was a “chop” option on my blender)
  • I then “Whipped” the peanuts (with the “whip” option on my blender)
  • This took a little time because I would Whip the peanuts for about 15-20 seconds and then have to take the lid off and mix the peanut chunks up with the whipped butter that was developing on the bottom of the canister.  This was the part that took the longest (about 10 minutes)

After the peanut butter was the consistency of peanut butter I added ANOTHER 1/4 cup of the raw peanuts (I LOVE crunchy peanut butter….if you do not want crunchy peanut butter than I would just add 1 1/2 cups of peanuts when you first start!) I just blended this for another 15-20 seconds just to chop up the new big peanuts and to get it mixed in with the butter

 

Directions for making the cookies:

I wanted to try to make peanut butter for these cookies to use up some peanuts that I had gotten and needed to use. so you can use store-bought NATURAL peanut butter (look on the back of the label at the store! The only ingredients should be peanuts and salt and possibly oil)

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup Natural peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup Protein Powder (I used a chocolate peanut butter protein powder I picked up from Wal-Mart)
  • 1/4 cup liquid egg whites (or seperate the egg whites from 4 regular eggs)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

  • Heat your over to 220 degrees
  • mix all of the ingredients into a bowl
  • I used a table-spoon measuring spoon and scooped out table-spoon size balls and placed them on a cookie sheet

I let the peanut balls cook for about 10 minutes.  i took them out and then flattened them with a fork (to give them “texture” on top and to allow them to “flatten” like regular cookies.  You can leave them as balls but it may take a little more time for them to cook.

I put them back into the over and let them cook for another 10 minutes (until they turned slightly browner in the over)

I took them out and let them cool off for about 10 minutes.

and Whhhaaa-Laaaaa! You have HEALTHIER peanut butter cookies!

Nutritional Information:

My batch made 10 cookies!  I made the batter and split it up in tablespoon size cookies.  You can make yours smaller/bigger but you will have to recalculate this information if you make them a different size!

Nutrition Per Cookie (made 10)

  • Calories: 145
  • Total Fat: 11 grams
  • Sodium: 20 grams
  • Carbs: 5 grams
  • Sugars: 1 gram
  • Protein: 9 grams

Nutrition for the WHOLE batch:

  • Calories: 1454
  • Total Fat: 111 grams
  • Sodium: 198 grams
  • Carbs: 54 grams
  • Sugars: 11 grams
  • Protein: 85 grams

IF you try these out please let me know how they turned out!! I would love to know!
I hope that you guys enjoy these HEALTHIER forms of treats that you can hopefully start to incorporate into your life!

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