Low-fat Cake Mix Cookies

Submitted by Joy1212 Blalock

"This recipe is similar to some others on the site but made with lower fat ingredients. They still turn out great and never last long around our house. Easy enough for kids to help prepare."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 3
• Serves: 28

ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box cake mix, any flavor
• 1⁄2 cup egg substitute (equivalent to 2 eggs)
• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened applesauce

directions

1. Mix all ingredients well using an electric mixer.
2. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet (I use a medium Pampered Chef scoop and get about 28 cookies).
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
4. Allow to cool slightly on cookie sheet and then transfer to a cooling rack.

Reviews

[Ladymedic]

These came out great. Was so excited not to use 1/2c of oil like most other recipes. Added chocolate chips and toffee chips to make them interesting doubt anybody will guess they are healhier! Thanks for a great recipe.

 

[Chef Dula]

Hey Joy you have a keeper! This cookie stays really moist. I made 1 batch with a choc cake mix and one with cherry chip. Choc was the best hands down. I will keep this recipe on hand for the times I need that little choc fix.Taste a lot like a brownie. Yes you do give up some flavor when you go low fat so don't expect this to be everybody's favorite.I used egg whites, did not have egg substitute on hand.Thanks Dula

 

[MichelleEllyn]

For some reason, this just didn't work for me. Maybe I beat the batter too much and there was too much air in the mixture. The cookies were extremely flat. So I made some mini-cupcakes with the rest of the batter, and they caved in. The taste was good though! ;)

 

[Ambercrombiegirl]

I could definitely tell these cookies were low fat... When they just came out of the oven, they were gooey and good, but once they cooled they got a kind of rubbery texture.

 

[ladypit]

Yummmm. I'm doing a personal pantry challenge right now, trying to use up what I have and not need to go to the store. But I still need to have lunchbox treats for the kids! I didn't have enough applesauce, but I did have a few jars of babyfood prunes and apples. Since I know those flavors go well with chocolate, I used a butter recipe fudge cake mix. Like Toni, I used just egg whites. But I must have had huge eggs since 3 egg whites was just over a 1/2 cup. Mine needed to cook just a bit longer, and I got a lot more (36 cookies) out of the batter. These will be great for lunchboxes. And I still have another chocolate cake mix and more prunes... hum. I might need to make more later this week! Thanks.