Searching for HPCCC* (Part 4)

where HPCCC stands for high-protein chocolate chip cookie and * denotes "the best".

Ok. This is Try # 4 for high protein chocolate chip cookies. The links to the others can be found here:

Try 1
Try 2
Try 3


So I worked off of a recipe for this one, but changed some things, so I'm temped to call it at least partially my own. The recipe was from The Dashing Dish and can be found here:

http://dashingdish.com/recipe/peanut-butter-protein-cookies/

The recipe was for high protein peanut butter cookies. I put all the ingredients listed (with oat flour like they suggest for softer cookies, and no chocolate chips) and found that the macros did not match up to the website's ones. I'm pretty sure with only 1/4 c of protein powder (~20-24 g) spread over 24 servings (0.8-1 g/serving) plus protein from eggs (1 whole egg = 7 g and 1 egg white = 6 g ==> ~ 0.5-0.6/serving) plus 1 c PB ( ~ 56 g ~  2.3 g/serving) + oat flour (12 g total = 0.5 g/serving) that at most it comes to at most 4.5 g/serving. Either way, I feel like a geek for checking the numbers and since my cookies are so different it doesn't really matter.

That said, here's the recipe (based on the one given in the website and modified).

Servings: 22 "good-sized" cookies 

Dry Ingredients:

0.75 - 0.9 c of Arrowhead Mills Organic Oat Flour
1/2 c ON 100% Gold Standard Whey Vanilla Ice Cream Protein Powder
~ 1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 c Truvia Baking Blend
1/2 c PB2 (love this stuff!)
2 Tbsp Organic Cacao Chips
Few turns of Sea Salt grinder

Wet Ingredients:

1 Egg + 3 Tbsp Liquid Egg Whites
1/2 c  Whole Foods Fresh Grind Honey Roasted PB
1/2-ish jar (1 jar = 4 oz) Babyfood Applesauce
1/4 c Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk

Delicious peanut buttery batter!

Directions:
1). Preheat over to 350 F.
2). Mix dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls. Like Dashing Dish suggests, melting the PB for 30-45 seconds to soften makes it easier to mix. Then mix wet & dry ingredients together.
3). Put foil on several baking sheets and spray with Pam. They won't entirely stick without the Pam (I tried one without...but it makes them much easier to take off)
4). Cook for 8 minutes (or until done) in *middle* rack.

Macros:
75-80 Cal (depending on adding chocolate chips)
9 g Carbs
3 g Fat
5 g Protein
3 g Sugar
1 g Fiber

Pretty good :-). Comparable to Trio-Plex Cookies (macro wise)!

Delicious cookie...I eat you!

Pros: 

• So Peanut Butter-y!
• Soft
• Made the house smell amazing
• Cooked really well (a.k.a. didn't stick, didn't burn)
• Taste. I wasn't expecting to like these because of their consistency (see below)...but I actually loved them!
• My roommate said they "looked normal" as she is quite amused by my baking experiments with protein powder :-)
• Ryan approved (due to love of PB)

Cons:

• As with all protein cookies I've tried, these are a bit bread-y...I'm starting to think this is just what protein powder (or at least Whey) does to things.