How to Bake The Best Sugar-free/Low-sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies

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With a diabetic in the house, satisfying a sweet tooth can become a challenge. Try these delicious sugar-free/low-sugar cookies.

Things You'll Need

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup softened butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup Splenda
• 3/4 cup Splenda brown sugar substitute or artificial sweetener mixed with sugar-free maple syrup
• 3 tsp vanilla extract or flavoring
• 2 eggs
• 2 bags Hershey's Sugar-Free Miniatures

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Stir 2 1/4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1 teaspoon salt in medium mixing bowl.

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup Splenda, 3/4 cup brown sugar substitute, and 3 teaspoons vanilla extract or flavoring. For sugar-free cookies, use the maple syrup/Splenda combo. For low-sugar cookies (estimated 2 grams sugar per cookie), use the Splenda brown sugar substitute.

4. Beat 2 eggs into butter mixture, one at a time.

5. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture until a firm dough forms.

6. Open both bags of Hershey's sugar-free miniatures and chop into small chunks (at least 6 pieces per bar). Stir into dough.

7. Drop tablespoons full of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

8. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes. Cool and serve.