Heart Smart Oatmeal Date Chocolate Cookies Food

SKINNY OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat.
• Pull out 2 medium bowls, one for dry ingredients, one for wet.
• In one bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• Melt the butter in the other bowl. You don't have to melt it all the way, if there are a couple lumps it's okay. Let cool slightly.
• Whisk in the vanilla, then the egg. Whisk in the honey.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and use a wooden spoon to stir until it has just come together (don't overdo it).
• Save out about half of the chocolate chips. Use a sharp knife to roughly chop the remaining chocolate, then fold it into the dough.
• Refrigerate the dough for about 30 minutes, or freeze for about 15 minutes.
• Use your hands to shape the dough into roughly 15 cookies (or 12 if you eat a lot of dough like me...)
• Place on the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 12-13 minutes, or until they have just started to brown on the edges.
• Once you remove them from the oven, immediately press the remaining chocolate chips into the tops of the cookies.
• Let cool on the pan for a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
• Drink with lots of milk!

HEALTHY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• Place oats into a food processor and blend for 15-20 seconds to lightly pulverize, shredding them into smaller pieces. If you're using quick cooking oats, omit this step.
• Add oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt to a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
• Using a standing mixer, cream butter and brown sugar together on medium/high speed until light and fluffy.
• Scrape the sides of the bowl and then turn the mixer on low speed and slowly add the maple syrup to the butter and sugar. Beat on medium/high until light and fluffy.
• Add egg and continue mixing. Scrape the sides of the bowl, add vanilla, and mix until light and fluffy.
• Slowly add dry ingredients (everything but the chocolate chips) to wet ingredients, 1/4 cup at a time, mixing on low. Last, fold in mini chocolate chips.
• Place the cookie dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to harden and to allow the flour in the cookie dough to hydrate.*
• Using a tablespoon cookie scoop, roll dough into ball and slightly flatten between your palms. Place on cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Remove cookies from oven, let cool, and enjoy!

HEART SMART OATMEAL DATE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
• Remove from heat and add brown sugar.
• Stir until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, oats, and salt.
• Combine the butter mixture with the dry ingredients, and add egg, vanilla, and chopped dates.
• Fold in bittersweet chocolate.
• Mix well and spoon mixture by tablespoon-fulls out onto lightly greased (or silicone baking mat-covered) baking sheets.
• Bake for 12 minutes, until tops are dry to the touch.

OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES WITH APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, oats, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Toss with raisins.
• In a medium bowl, cream together egg, applesauce, canola oil, vanilla, and the sugars. Whisk to blend thoroughly.
• Fold egg-sugar mixture into flour-oat mixture, 1/3 at a time, mixing well.
• Drop by the tablespoonful onto prepared cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown.
• Using a metal spatula, transfer cookies to a cooling rack.
• When cool, store in an airtight container.