Low Fat Choc Chip Biscuits (cookies)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 150 g chestnut puree
• 60 ml skim condensed milk
• 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 150 g caster sugar
• 1 egg, separated
• 250 g self-rising flour (plus extra for dusting)
• 110 g dark chocolate, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 160c & line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
• 2 place chestnut puree, condensed milk & vanilla in a bowl & beat with an electric mixer until combined.
• 3 add sugar & beat for a few seconds, until incorporated.
• 4 add egg yolk & beat again.
• 5 fold in the flour (mixture should be very thick).
• 6 in a clean bowl whisk egg until firm peaks form.
• 7 fold egg , then chocolate, into biscuit mixture.
• 8 dust hands with extra flour & roll teaspoon sized measures of biscuit mix into balls, 3-4cm in diameter, & place on prepared trays & flatten slightly with a fork coated in flour.
• 9 bake for 35-40 minutes.
• 10 cool on a wire rack.