Chocolatey Mocha Crinkles

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 45
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 egg whites (or 1 whole egg)
• 1/3 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt (or plain yogurt plus 1 tsp vanilla extract)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 1/4 tablespoons instant coffee crystals
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl beat together margarine and brown sugar, add egg whites and yogurt, mix well.
• 2 mix in the cocoa, coffee crystals, and baking soda.
• 3 finally add in the cinnamon and flours; mix well.
• 4 roll into teaspoon (or so) sized balls. if you feel it is needed, cover and chill dough 2 hours to firm it up (i have never had a problem with dough stickyness and therefore don't chill the dough).
• 5 place dough balls about 2" apart on cookie sheets.
• 6 bake at 350f for 8-10 minutes until edges are firm.
• 7 yield 45 small cookies.