Home / About PKU

Cocoa Drop Cookies

2/3 C margerine

1 C sugar

2 tsp (packed) Egg Replacer

1/2 C Cocoa powder

1/3 C liquid Richwhip

1 t Vanilla

2 1/4 C wheatstarch

1/2 t baking soda

1/2 t salt

4 T water

 

 

Mix egg replacer with 4 T water; mix it with margerine, sugar, cocoa, Richwhip, and vanilla.  Mix thoroughly.  Stir in all remaining ingredietns.  Cover and chill 1 hour.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

Drop by rounded teasopoonfuls 2 " apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.  Makes 50 cookies

To lower phe count, sustitute carob powder for cocoa

Phe per cookie using cocoa: 12 mg phe/cookie; Phe per cookie using Carbob: 4 mg phe/cookie

Recipe from Cooking for A Low Protein Diet, New York University Medical Center, 1980 (and 2002 Minnesota PKU Foundation calendar).