Chocolate Waffle Cookies

This quick and easy, chewy chocolate cookie is made on your waffle iron. 
 

  Makes 3 dozen cookies
  PrepTime: 30 minutes
  Total Time: 30 minutes
  Ease of Preparation: Easy

Ingredients
 1/2 cup margarine 
 2/3 cup granulated sugar 
 2 large eggs 
 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
 1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour 
 6 tablespoons cocoa powder 
 2 tablespoons canola oil 
 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder, (optional) 
 Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Preparation

1. Preheat a nonstick waffle iron.

2. Cream butter and sugar in a medium bowl. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour, cocoa powder, oil and espresso powder (if using). Beat until thoroughly combined.

3. Drop the batter by teaspoonfuls about 1 inch apart onto the preheated ungreased waffle iron. Close and cook until the cookies are puffed and cooked through, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool until just warm. Dust the cookies with confectioners’ sugar while still slightly warm.

Nutritional Notes: 63 calories; 2 g fat (1 g sat, .5 g mono); 18 mg cholesterol; 7 g carbohydrates; 1 g protein; 1 g fiber; 22 mg sodium; 18 mg potassium.