low carb cookies from Trader Joe's

I have been buying the new "carb safe" low carb cookies from TJ's, but
i am really concerned that they can't possibly be as low as they are
claiming (3 grams effective per cookie, 13 grams per cookie total),
considering the ingredient list.

Anyone have any ideas on this one?

Shortening, sugar-free chocolate chips,unbleached wheat flour...

Are the first three ingredients,and no mention of any "fake", low-carb
flours, plus i am dubious of the accuracy of this list because i can't
imagine a cookie holding together when the flour is the third
ingredient on the list...

I hope I'm wrong, because they are really good, but i think that these
may be too good to be true.

"Casey Kane" wrote in message
om...
I have been buying the new "carb safe" low carb cookies from TJ's, but
i am really concerned that they can't possibly be as low as they are
claiming (3 grams effective per cookie, 13 grams per cookie total),
considering the ingredient list.

Anyone have any ideas on this one?

Shortening, sugar-free chocolate chips,unbleached wheat flour...

Are the first three ingredients,and no mention of any "fake", low-carb
flours, plus i am dubious of the accuracy of this list because i can't
imagine a cookie holding together when the flour is the third
ingredient on the list...

I hope I'm wrong, because they are really good, but i think that these
may be too good to be true.

"Casey Kane" wrote in message
om...
I have been buying the new "carb safe" low carb cookies from TJ's, but
i am really concerned that they can't possibly be as low as they are
claiming (3 grams effective per cookie, 13 grams per cookie total),
considering the ingredient list.

Anyone have any ideas on this one?

Shortening, sugar-free chocolate chips,unbleached wheat flour...

Are the first three ingredients,and no mention of any "fake", low-carb
flours, plus i am dubious of the accuracy of this list because i can't
imagine a cookie holding together when the flour is the third
ingredient on the list...

I've seen this before. I think it has to do with the fact that shortening
is solid at room temperature. Does it have guar or xanthum gum in the
ingredients? Those will help bind the cookie together.

I hope I'm wrong, because they are really good, but i think that these
may be too good to be true.

How big are these cookies? I ask because Nabisco's Nilla wafers are
something like 4 per cookie while the sugar free version I found is only 3,
and the only 'lowcarb' ingredient was the sugar alcohol in place of sugar.
Nilla wafers, for those who don't know, are roughly the size of a US fifty
cent piece. I figured the one carb difference wasn't enough to justify the
half size box and double price, so I just limit myself to one or two
cookies.

revek

(Casey Kane) wrote:

I have been buying the new "carb safe" low carb cookies from TJ's,
but i am really concerned that they can't possibly be as low as
they are claiming (3 grams effective per cookie, 13 grams per
cookie total), considering the ingredient list.

Anyone have any ideas on this one?

Shortening, sugar-free chocolate chips,unbleached wheat flour...

"shortening"? Would that be a trans-fat, or maybe a saturated fat?
Don't want that either.

Guy

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 05:30:30 -0000, Guy Scharf wrote:

(Casey Kane) wrote:

I have been buying the new "carb safe" low carb cookies from TJ's,
but i am really concerned that they can't possibly be as low as
they are claiming (3 grams effective per cookie, 13 grams per
cookie total), considering the ingredient list.

Anyone have any ideas on this one?

Shortening, sugar-free chocolate chips,unbleached wheat flour...

"shortening"? Would that be a trans-fat, or maybe a saturated fat?
Don't want that either.

Shortening is trans-fat. I prefer good, old-fashioned saturated fat. It's
more healthful! G

Carol
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 23:04:14 -0500, "revek"
announced in front of God and everybody:

How big are these cookies? I ask because Nabisco's Nilla wafers are
something like 4 per cookie while the sugar free version I found is only 3,
and the only 'lowcarb' ingredient was the sugar alcohol in place of sugar.
Nilla wafers, for those who don't know, are roughly the size of a US fifty
cent piece. I figured the one carb difference wasn't enough to justify the
half size box and double price, so I just limit myself to one or two
cookies.

I haven't tried them myself, but they're good-sized cookies -- a
couple of inches across. As I recall, though, they cost something like
two bucks for a pack of four, which strikes me as rather pricey for
cookies.

But then, if you're really jonesing for a cookie ... what the hell. If
a fifty-cent cookie will quell the beast, it's not a bad deal I
suppose.

Dawn

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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 05:30:30 -0000, Guy Scharf
wrote:

(Casey Kane) wrote:

I have been buying the new "carb safe" low carb cookies from
TJ's, but i am really concerned that they can't possibly be as
low as they are claiming (3 grams effective per cookie, 13 grams
per cookie total), considering the ingredient list.

Anyone have any ideas on this one?

Shortening, sugar-free chocolate chips,unbleached wheat flour...

"shortening"? Would that be a trans-fat, or maybe a saturated
fat? Don't want that either.

Shortening is trans-fat. I prefer good, old-fashioned saturated
fat. It's more healthful! G

I agree! I don't care what the carb content of a cookie is if it is
loaded with trans-fat!

Guy