Healthy Steel Cut Oatmeal Cookies

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Healthy Steel Cut Oatmeal Cookies

Written by RuthieB

Saturday, 27 September 2008 00:00

healthy steel cut oatmeal cookie

This is a recipe I have come up with for steel cut oatmeal, walnut and date cookies. They are made with applesause instead of oil or butter and I use whole grain flour. They also are made with either raw sugar (very little) or brown sugar Splenda, depending on your personal preference. Everyone that has tried them loves them and they are so healthy.

Healthy Steel Cut Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup raw turbinado sugar (OR 1/2 cup brown sugar Splenda)
1 cup eggbeaters (OR 4 eggs)
2 cups applesauce (OR 1 ½ cups butter)
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups whole grain flour
4 cups Steel cut Oats
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
4 heaping tsp. cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups chopped dates, raisins, craisins, choc. chips or diced apples

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
No mixer needed! Just a big spoon or spatula!
Mix applesauce, eggbeaters, vanilla and sugar together in bowl to dissolve sugar.
Add dry ingredients. Stir in dates or raisins etc, and nuts.
Spray cookie sheets with non-stick spray.
Drop by spoonfuls on cookie sheets and bake 15 minutes at 375 degrees.
Cool and store in zip lock or air-tight container.
Refrigerate or Freeze for longer storage.

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Comments (8)

Thank you for sharing this recipe RuthieB! I look forward to trying them.

These look outstanding. Oatmeal cookies are my favorite and I am going to have to give these a try.

wow, delish! I'll be giving these a try for sure :)

I just made these, and they are better than expected!!

we found these inedible because the steel cut oats were as hard as ground-up pebbles.

Hi Ellen. I'm sorry about your experience. Let's hope RuthieB will drop by to comment. I have not tried them yet myself.

Ellen, I am so sorry your cookies came out poorly! I have made these with Coach's Oats (a modified steel cut oat) as well as regular steel cut oats. But I always use the applesauce instead of the butter. Did you use butter or applesauce? Maybe the oats need the moisture from the applesauce. However, on the Coach's Oats bag, they have a recipe for their oatmeal cookies which uses butter, so I am baffled. Are you sure you used Steel cut Oats and not Groats? Groats are much thicker and more coarse and take much longer to cook, even prepared as cereal. I would love to know if any of this has helped find the answer as to why they didn't come out. So sorry!

I was just wondering what version of my recipe that Erica used, since her cookies came out well. Erica, can you let Ellen know if you used butter or applesauce? And what brand of steel cut oats did you use? Irish oatmeal is very coarse, more of a groat type of grain, so I believe it too would not be suitable for cookies. Stick with the true steel cut oats, or I highly recommend Coach's Oats if they are available in your area. Costco also carries.

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