Chocolate Chunk Bar Cookies

My family loves chocolate, especially my husband, so I'm always looking for new recipes to try. This recipe is very similar to chocolate chip cookies, but much faster to prepare because they are baked in a 9" x 13" pan, a real time saver. I also trimmed them down from the original recipe by using only egg whites, and dark chocolate chunks instead of semisweet chips. We think they are still plenty sweet and they are only 111 calories per cookie. This makes for a very reasonable dessert, if you can stop at only two! A bit of a challenge for us...blessings.

Recipe: 

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 egg whites
2 tsps. vanilla extract
1 cup unbleached white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups (10 oz. pkg.) dark chocolate chunks

1.  Cream butter and sugars together in a large mixing bowl. Add egg whites and vanilla; mix well.
2.  In a separate bowl stir together dry ingredients.
3.  Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture; mix well.
4.  Stir in chocolate chunks using a spoon.
5.  Scrape mixture into a well-greased 9" x 13" pan and smooth out.
6.  Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 25 - 30 minutes or until cookies are golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
7.  Cool completely before cutting.

24 cookies: 167 calories each, 2 gms. fiber
36 cookies: 111 calories each, 1.3 gms fiber