how can I make this healthier???

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/tories-cherry-chocolate-chunk-cookies

Ok so I've made these twice now and obviously they taste good with all that freakin butter in them!!!  Any ideas on how I can tweak this recipe to take out some of the butter calories in it? I"m already replacing 1/2 cup of white flour with whole wheat  which seems to taste fine. Just not sure what to do to cut back on the butter and sugar calories.

thanks!

grace

[TrudieC]

You might try replacing half of the butter with apple sauce.  And because of the natural sweetness in the applesauce you could probably cut out at least a third of the sugar.  Good luck!

[TrudieC]

Interesting opinions on replacing butter with apple sauce.  You should try different ratios and see how it works.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080815141127AAWwcsZ

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080713124353AA9yL7d

[gracefromHHP]

Thanks for the suggestion! applesauce would be a good addition to these cookies too with the oatmeal in them.

grace