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    Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook, Volume 1: Cookies, Bars and Candies
    Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook, Volume 1: Cookies, Bars and Candies
    Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook, Volume 1: Cookies, Bars and Candies
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    Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook, Volume 1: Cookies, Bars and Candies

    By Michelle Miller

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    The Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook, Volume 1: Cookies, Bars, and Candies is a useful and beautiful baking guidebook. The vivid color photos spring to life and make your mouth water. You can almost smell the freshly-baked cookies by looking at the stunning photography that graces every page.
    The cookbook features decadent cookie, bar, and candy recipes with easy-to-follow step-by-step directions. Using the simple instructions, every home cook can bake like a professional. This spectacular cookbook even makes candy simple to understand and easy to perfect. Every recipe has been tested again and again to ensure it creates an exceptional product that tastes amazing, looks stunning, and makes you proud.
    In the Recipe Info. Section of every recipe, the reader can easily tell whether a recipe is: Diabetic-Friendly, Gluten-Free, Low Cal., Low Carb, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Sodium, and/or Vegetarian. All recipes are low or reduced fat and calorie. Don’t let that scare you off though! These recipes have been tested and perfected to produce incredible flavor, heavenly mouth-feel, and visually stunning baked goods. They are as enticing as full-fat recipes, often improving upon classics we all know and love.
    Each recipe features: Large, spectacular Color Photos, Nutritional Information, Amount of Time Required (Prep Time, Inactive Time, and Cooking Time), Difficulty Level, and Recipe Yield. Most recipes are easy and 9 recipes are moderate difficulty level. Many of the recipes are Fun With Kids, another helpful category listed under Recipe Info.
    The author, Michelle Miller, is a well-known baker, self-taught chef, blogger, and owner of the Cook Low Fat website. She has over 30 years of cooking and baking experience. She communicates with the reader in such a friendly, easy manner that it is like having coffee with a friend. This friend really knows her stuff and excels at teaching, making concepts clear and easy to grasp.
    You will not be disappointed with this purchase. Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook: Volume 1 is so spectacular that it will leave you anxiously awaiting the next volume.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichelle Miller
    Release dateNov 7, 2013
    ISBN9781311945310
    Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook, Volume 1: Cookies, Bars and Candies
    Author

    Michelle Miller

    About MeThe Summarized StoryI was a little girl named Michelle who began cooking in the early 80s when I was 8. I learned through experimentation what works in a recipe and what doesn’t (sorry Mom and Ken for those early experiments). I enjoyed a brief stint in the kitchen of a pie shop as a teenager and learned some valuable lessons in a real professional kitchen from a real professional chef.My love of food and cooking continues to this day, growing and being fed through the years. I developed a cooking style that focuses on intense flavor and pleasurable mouth-feel without all the fat.This became my goal in every recipe I develop:Can I make a reduced-fat version that tastes and feels like the full-fat version?I am driven (to say the least) and rise to the challenge with each new recipe. Pecan pie can’t be made low fat? Ha! Statements like that get my creative juices flowing and challenge the perfectionist in me.I am now the mom of two beautiful and energetic girls. I work at home daily (now that the girls are both in school full days) creating and testing recipes, taking pictures, writing website pages and blogs, and learning everything from food chemistry to how to build an internet business to joining this decade and finally having a Facebook page!The Full Story (The Long Version)My name is Michelle Miller and I love to cook and eat. I believe eating great food is one of life's most enjoyable things. I want us (you and me) to be able to eat truly incredible food and not become overweight doing it. I want us to sometimes be indulgent...so I created Smart Indulgence Recipes - recipes that taste like full-fat originals without all the fat and calories. Yum!Why I started best-low-fat-recipes.com...I battle with my weight, but I’m not overweight. I am 5’4” tall and between 127 and 137 lbs (depending on whether I’m in a skinny or blobby stage), so I am somewhere around average as far as height and weight. I have probably 10 extra pounds and I’ve been battling those 10 extra pounds off and on since I was a teenager. Sometimes I win the battle, feel great and buy new skinny clothes (like for my wedding!). Sometimes I lose the battle, feel like a blob and slink around tugging my not-so-skinny clothes down over me (like after holiday eating). I was certain that other women could relate. I was also certain that I had some tools, techniques and tricks (not to mention great recipes) to help us win the battle more often.Weight isn’t only about health; it is about a positive self-image. When I feel in shape and slim, I am confident. When I feel out of shape and blobby, I am more reserved/shy/passive. Amazing but true. And I’m not alone. Weight and body perception have a big impact on self esteem.Don’t think I’m implying that looking thin is more important than being healthy. Health is so important and I’m going to be a proponent of good health through this website every day. I’m not suggesting we should all be swizzle-stick-model-types who get blown away by a mild breeze. Most of us aren’t naturally built that way.What I want is to help women eat delicious food, be more active, have a healthy self-image and win the battle to fit in the clothes on the skinny side of the closet. :)Anywho, a bit more about me...I wear a pedometer (known forever in our house as a walkie-thing), and I average 4-6 miles a day. That’s a good amount of exercise, higher than the average American. I am a very active mother of 2. I make a point of moving all the time. I run alongside when my girls ride their bikes and I walk laps around my house when I’m waiting for things (like the broccoli to come out of the microwave or my youngest to finally put her shoes on). I can’t stay still. I prefer to take the stairs (elevators creep me out) and I even jog in place when I’m brushing my teeth. The main problem is that almost none of it is cardio. I hate cardio and sweating and panting. Ewww.Also, since creating my website, I now have a sedentary job. I have to work harder to get exercise because much of my work is done at a computer. Oh yeah, and the other part of my work is testing LOTS of recipes! Sheesh – this is an easy job to put weight on with. Even though my recipes are low fat, if you bake and test recipes daily you can still put on the weight. No one should eat entire batches of cookies or fudge daily – low fat or otherwise. That’s why I give out lots of cookies and goodies to people when I’m testing. Kinda makes you wish you lived in Littleton Colorado doesn’t it?On with the story...So I walk a lot, but I don’t run. I add in treadmill (fast enough to get my heart rate up) when I’m feeling really enthusiastic, but not many other “exercises”. As a mom I bend, lift, carry, haul, and move hundreds of pounds every day. I do deep knee squats lots. :) I am still flexible enough to sit criss-cross applesauce (the closest I’ve gotten to Yoga since prenatal) and to get back up again. I carry 47 bags of groceries at once (I’m impatient) and heavy sleeping children to their beds some nights. I’m no slouch and I have strong muscles. It isn’t the muscles I’m worried about; it is the padding over the muscles.We know that being fit is a combination of eating less fat/calories and exercising more. I will extend personal challenges to exercise more and I hope you’ll join me! It’ll be fun...or at least it’ll be more fun if I know other women are out there doing cardio along with me. Let's teach and share and inspire each other!So what is my goal?I don’t want us all to become those ripped, 6-pack toting people (ok, I do, but not enough to live at the gym).I want us all to be healthy, busy, fit moms who look great in thesame size clothes we wore in high school.Whoa - quite a statement huh?! Imagine a world where all of us fit in the same size we wore in high school. Obesity rates would plummet and quality of life would skyrocket. That is my goal for all of us.We can achieve this together by cutting the fat and calories in everything we eat (and still eating awesome indulgence goodies!) and by getting more exercise (especially that dang cardio!). Note to self: must do dang cardio for fat-burning and heart health! Crud. :)

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      Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook, Volume 1 - Michelle Miller

      The Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook

      By Michelle Miller, CookLowFat.Com

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 Michelle Miller

      Discover other titles by Michelle Miller at Smashwords.com (https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CookLowFat).

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      All Recipes, Alphabetical

      Bars

      Candy

      Cookies

      Diabetic Friendly

      Fun with Kids

      Gluten Free

      Low Calorie

      Low Carb

      Low Cholesterol

      Low Fat

      Low Sodium

      Ready in 15 or Less

      Ready in 20 or Less

      Ready in 30 or Less

      Reduced Calorie

      Reduced Fat

      Vegetarian

      Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook

      Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies

      Choc. Chip Meringue Cookies: Quick Info

      Yield: 38 Meringues

      Time Required: 175 minutes (10 minutes prep, 90 minutes inactive, 75 minutes cook)

      Difficulty Level: Easy

      Approximate Total Cost: $4-5

      Recipe Info: Cookies, Diabetic-Friendly (7g of Sugar or Less), Fun With Kids, Gluten-Free, Low Calorie, Low Carb, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Vegetarian

      Choc. Chip Meringue Cookies: The Recipe

      3 Egg Whites

      3/4 c Splenda (or your preferred no-calorie sweetener to taste)

      6 T Sugar

      The Mix In:

      3/4 c Mini Chocolate Chips (sometimes called morsels)

      Choc. Chip Meringue Cookies: The Directions

      1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

      2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the egg whites on medium speed until soft peaks form, 3-4 minutes.

      3. Turn the mixer up to medium high speed and add the Splenda and sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time and blend until stiff peaks form, 2-3 minutes.

      4. Gently fold in the mini chocolate chips.

      5. Drop 1 1/2 tablespoons of mixture into a nicely shaped mound on the parchment paper. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.

      6. Bake at 250 degrees F for 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes). Keep the oven door closed, turn off the heat and let your cookies dehydrate in the warm oven for at least another 90 minutes (1 1/2 hours). When they are completely dehydrated, they’ll be light and airy. Store them in a container with a lid. :)

      NUTRITION (Per 1 Choc. Chip Meringue Cookie): Calories: 32, Total Fat: 1.26g (2% daily value), Saturated Fat: .79 (4% dv), Cholesterol: 0mg (0% dv), Sodium 9mg (0% dv), Total Carbs: 5g (2% dv), Dietary Fiber: 0g (0% dv), Sugars: 4g, Protein: 1g, Vitamin A 1% rda (Recommended Daily Allowance), Vitamin D: 1% rda

      ***End of Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies***

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      Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

      Choc. Chip Cookies: Quick Info

      Yield: 24 Cookies

      Time Required: 28 minutes (14 minutes prep, 14 minutes cook)

      Difficulty Level: Easy

      Approximate Total Cost: $3-4

      Recipe Info: Cookies, Fun With Kids, Low Calorie, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Ready in 30 or Less, Vegetarian

      Choc. Chip Cookies: The Recipe

      The Wet Ingredients:

      6 oz (Approx. 3/4 c) Natural (Unsweetened) Applesauce

      1 c Splenda (or your preferred no-calorie sweetener to taste)

      1/2 c Brown Sugar, packed

      1 Large Egg

      3 T Vegetable Oil

      1 T Vanilla Extract

      The Dry Ingredients:

      2 c All Purpose Flour

      1/2 t Salt

      1/2 t Baking Powder

      1/2 t Baking Soda

      The Mix In:

      3/4 c (5.1 oz) Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips (sometimes called morsels)

      Choc. Chip Cookies: The Directions

      1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray.

      2. Combine wet ingredients in a medium bowl, whisking to get rid of any lumps.

      3. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients and whisk to get rid of lumps.

      4. Add dry ingredients to wet ones and stir only long enough to combine.

      5. Add the chocolate chips, stirring to distribute evenly.

      6. Drop by 1 1/2 tablespoon-fulls onto parchment-lined cookie sheets, 2 inches apart from each other.

      7. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees F. Remove from the oven and gently squish each cookie flat with the back of a spatula.*

      8. Bake for another 3-5 minutes until the edges are just starting to brown and the centers look just underdone. Cool just enough so they don’t burn your taste buds off and enjoy!

      *Note: Low fat cookies generally get puffier than their full-fat counterparts. If you leave them this way, your cookies will look impressively big, but will taste cake-y and dry. Flattening them out during baking ensures that the texture comes out just like full-fat chocolate chip cookies. Yum!

      Choc. Chip Cookies: The Fat Comparison

      A similar-sized serving of FULL-FAT Choc. Chip Cookies

      (Land O Lakes Recipe) has 159 calories and 7.35g fat.

      This Low Fat Choc. Chip Cookies Recipe Has

      37% LESS CALORIES!

      and

      51% LESS FAT!

      than the typical full-fat recipe! (See Nutrition Below)

      NUTRITION (Per 1 Choc. Chip Cookie): Calories: 100, Total Fat: 3.6g (6% daily value), Saturated Fat: 1.23g (6% dv), Cholesterol: 9mg (3% dv), Sodium 79mg (3% dv), Total Carbs: 16g (5% dv), Dietary Fiber: .5g (1% dv), Sugars: 8g, Protein: 1g, Iron: 2% rda (Recommended Daily Allowance), Vitamin C 6% rda

      ***End of Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies***

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      Crackle Cookies

      Crackle Cookies: Quick Info

      Yield: 30 Cookies

      Time Required: 17 minutes (10

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