Healthy Oatmeal Cookies - Whole Grain Gourmet

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Healthy Oatmeal Cookies

Written by LCheliak

Wednesday, 09 April 2008 09:56

honey oatmeal cookie

These little 'cookies' are almost too healthy to be called a cookie. My Dad has been on a life long search for a cookie that wasn't too sweet so after playing around with the ingredients I have finally achieved what he wanted. In fact, he thinks they are so good and nutritious he thinks we should call them a Nutritional Supplement!

There is no sugar in this recipe however if you prefer sugar to honey--then simply alter the recipe....cut the baking soda to 1/4 tsp. and add an extra tablespoon of water. Your baking temperature should go to 350 if you are using sugar.

When replacing sugar with honey you have to increase the baking soda to increase the acid and you reduce liquid by 1 Tablespoon. Also, with honey baking--lower the baking temp.

Editor's note:

I made these today for my preschooler with the following modifications:

used white whole wheat flour (it's what I had)
increased the oats by 1/4 cup
scooped tablespoons full, and did not press with fork (fuller rounder cookie)

They are not as sweet as most oatmeal cookies I've had, which is a good thing. We could not stop eating them; especially my preschooler. They are excellent "nutritional supplements!" Thanks again for sharing them, LCheliak!

Healthy Oatmeal Cookies (with Honey)

Ingredients:

Dry ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour (a pinch more depending on the moisture of the mix)
1 1/2 cups of Large Flake Rolled Oats (smaller flake is ok too)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp Cinnamon (I actually use about 3 Tbsp--got to love cinnamon)
1/2 tsp Nutmeg (optional)

Wet ingredients

1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup oil (corn, grapeseed or olive) * you can also use some applesauce to replace some of the oil if you wish*
1 Tablespoon Molasses
1 egg (beat with 1 Tbsp Water)
1 tsp Vanilla

Yummy ingredients

1/2 cup raisins (1 cup for my Dad's batch)
1/2 cup walnuts (more for my Dad's)!!

Preparation:

In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together.
In a medium bowl, mix all the wet ingredients together. Hint: when measuring out the honey, spray the measuring cup with oil or baking spray--your honey won't stick).
Mix the wet stuff with the dry stuff. Add the raisins and walnuts and mix. If the mixture seems too wet, add a bit of flour. If it isn't binding together very well, you may wish to add an egg white.
COOL the mix for 20 minutes in the fridge.
Preheat the oven to 335 degrees (lower temperature due to the honey in the recipe which will burn more easily).
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto your baking sheet (I recommend lining the baking sheet with parchment paper). Press down with a fork to ensure even cooking.
Bake for about 15 - 20 minutes or until golden on the bottom of the cookie. The cookies freeze very well and make a great snack! Enjoy.

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Comments (131)

Thanks for the recipe. There are so many options, it is a fantastic base recipe.

I like to use blueberries and toasted almonds.

How many cookies does this make? Also, do they spread much during baking? Are they crunchy or kind of soft/chewy?

This recipe is wonderful and so flexible. The first time I made them I used half applesauce/half canola oil, used as much honey as I had (was still short than the 1/2 cup) and its questionable just how much didn't make it into the mixing bowl thanks to my 3 year old son.

Still, they came out really good. Thank so much.

I was wondering if I could substitute olive oil for coconut oil. If so, how much coconut oil should I use?

It is a beautiful thing to receive and give with other folk. There may be nothing better among life's many gifts. Thank you for your gift.

Tim

please help...How many calories, fat, cholesterol etc...

Do we know how many calories each cookie contains?

I'm not big on oatmeal as a morning cereal but I must try to get oatmeal into my daily diet....I can't wait to try these "cookies"---I've got my whole office bugging me to make them.....

I'll try to make these cookies tomorrow because they seem very delicious.
Thank you for your recipe.

Ok here is my varriation:
I used
1.5 C ground flax Seed
3/8 C. Coconut Oil
3/4 C Honey
1.5 T. Molasses
1 egg beat w/1T water
1t. banana extract
1.5 C. White Whole Wheat Flour
3/4 t. Baking Soda
3/4 t. Baking Powder
2 1/4 C. rolled Oats
1C. Organic Raisins
1 C. mini Choc chips
3/4C chopped Walnuts

Mix 1st 6 ingredients, Beat well with electric Mixer
Mix flour, soda, powder together then mix with wet mixture
Stir in oats raisins Choc chips and Walnut pieces
Drop by rouded teaspoon onto baking pan coated with olive oil baking spray. Bake at 350 till turning Golden,

These turned out so good no one would ever know how healthy they are

I just made these today.

They are so awesome.

I left out the baking soda, baking powder, molasses and cinamon, but they were still great.

Too sweet for my taste tho. Maybe I slipped on the honey. Also, I didn't like the taste of honey too much. I will try 1/2 honey and 1/2 maple syrup next time.

Thanks for the recipe!

Thanks for this recipe! =) It comes out really good.

great receipe,

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Hi there.
just tried the recipe. Very tasty, but it got a litlle dry. Next time I'll try putting less flour.

Thanks for the cookies :)

does anyone know how to make
these cookies gluten free?
what flours to use and how much?
thanks so much!

Can't say enough good about these cookies! They definitely do turn out chewy, but also moist.

We have substituted half a banana, mashed and beaten, for the egg (vegan version) and it has turned out just fabulous!

I subsitute sesame seeds and whole flax seeds for the walnuts. About 4/5ths sesame and 1/5th flax for a 1/2 cup total. Thanks for the recipe.

Wish I knew how many calories was in each cookie, they are so darn good I hope I don't
eat to many, I did do 1/2 applesauce so they would be lower in calories.

Delicious! I made the following changes:

* Went with Whole Wheat pastry flour
* 1 TBSP is PLENTY of cinnamon in my opinion
* Used 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup fructose; probably will use all fructose next time
* Didn't have molasses, so I used agave nectar
* Used two whole eggs
* Used 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
* Used Canola oil margarine instead of regular oil

These turned out rather cake-like which I wasn't expecting but I LOVE them! I made larger cookies and it made about a dozen. I made sure to press them down since they didn't spread much. Since I used margarine, I didn't feel the need to refridgerate.

Also, I added up the nutrition info. I put 28 servings since I made 14 cookies but they were HUGE:

28 Servings

Amount Per Serving
Calories 113.2
Total Fat 5.9 g
Saturated Fat 0.5 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.3 g
Monounsaturated Fat 2.7 g
Cholesterol 8.8 mg
Sodium 65.1 mg
Potassium 50.6 mg
Total Carbohydrate 14.7 g
Dietary Fiber 1.5 g
Sugars 5.6 g
Protein 1.8 g

I don't know what the daily percentages are since that varies based on what kind of diet you're trying to achieve. Also, I calculated the recipe based on canola oil since that's what I had. I think reducing the amount of walnuts would help with fat if anyone is concerned with that. I'm just delighted they taste so great!

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