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Many restaurants serve a cast-iron skillet dessert, and if you’re brave enough to look up the nutritional information, you’ll discover that those skillets are impossible to fit into a healthy lifestyle. My cookie skillet is a flourless cookie that bakes up decadently rich and delicious! Full of protein, vitamins & minerals, and heart-healthy fats, you can enjoy this dessert without worrying about its impact on your hips!
Pumpkin Peanut-Butter
Cookie Skillet
Recipe by Chelle Stafford
Makes
16 servings
Ingredients
1 16-oz Smart Balance Rich Roast Peanut Butter, smooth
1 cup pureed pumpkin (canned, not pumpkin pie mix)
2 large egg whites
1 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp pumpkin pie mix
2 packets Stevia
¼ tsp sea salt
½ cup Maple Syrup – 100% pure
1 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
● Preheat oven to 350°
● In a large bowl, with a hand mixer, blend peanut butter, pumpkin
and egg whites until creamy
● Add pumpkin pie spice, stevia, salt and baking soda
● Mix well with hand blender until all ingredients are thoroughly
combined
● Add maple syrup and mix well
● With a wooden spoon, mix chocolate chips into the batter
● Spread batter into a seasoned (lightly oiled) 10-inch cast iron
skillet*
● Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until edges become golden and
center is mostly firm (not jiggly). This cookie should be a bit gooey in the
middle.
● Remove to wire rack to allow to cool for 2-5 minutes.
● Serve warm.
**If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, you can use a glass pie dish or
baking dish.
Tips
This recipe can be prepared entirely gluten free and/or
dairy free by purchasing GF
and/or DF chocolate chips.
Top with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or
vanilla protein ice cream!
Nutrition
per serving: 274 calories, 8 grams protein, 24 grams carbs,
18 grams fat, 3 grams
fiber, 17 grams sugar, 246 mg sodium. 21 net carbs.
As seen on
Smart Balance's Facebook Page, Recipe Challenge App - Oct 1-5, 2012