Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep 30 min
Total 40 min
Servings 36

Nothing is more delicious than a warm, chewy chocolate chip cookie. Using whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose makes this a contender for the best-tasting cookie ever!

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated July 12, 2018

Ingredients

3/4

cup granulated sugar
3/4

cup packed brown sugar
1

cup butter or margarine, softened
1

teaspoon vanilla
1

egg
2

cups Gold Medal™ whole wheat flour
1

teaspoon baking soda
1/2

teaspoon salt
1

package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)

Steps

1

Heat oven to 375°F.
2

Mix sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff). Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
3

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

The word cookie comes from the Dutch word for cake, "koekje". The first cookies were actually tiny cakes baked as a test to make sure that the oven temperature was right for baking a larger cake.
Feeling a little nutty? Go ahead and add 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts with the chocolate chips.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 150
Calories from Fat: 70

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 8 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Cholesterol: 20 mg
Sodium: 110 mg
Potassium: 80 mg
Total Carbohydrate: 19 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein: 2 g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%; 4%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 0%; 0%
Iron: 4%; 4%

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 1 1/2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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