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)

Great with diced apples as much or little as you want! Yummy! You can even keep the peel on. My kids love them. Try diced colby cheese. Yeah it sounds gross but my kids love it. And you might be suprised that you like them too. A good healthy combo is cheese, apples and nuts in the cookies. Try it.

What can I use instead of molasses?
We don't have them around here...

Oh man, this recipe is quite fantastic! Thank you for sharing it. :)

Thanks for the recipe, I cut out the molasses,
and added dates instead of raisins,
very delicious.
Can we completely replace the oil with applesauce?

I do not eat eggs. Is there a way to substitue eggs with something else when making this recipe? Thanks

I would like to substitute honey with most sugars in my baking, and was wondering if the baking soda is always doubled, or just 1/4 tsp added for the extra acidity. Thanks!

Raymond,

I don't use eggs for the most part either. Here's a website that I love for different egg substitutes. My favorite is the flaxmeal.

http://www.foodsubs.com/Eggs.html

These are so good! Not too sweet and I love that they're healthy! I used applesauce instead of oil, and used maple syrup instead of molasses. I also used egg whites instead of the whole egg. I added chopped walnuts and blueberries. Turned out great! I will be making these again but will try dry cranberries or even dried apples. Thanks for the recipe!

I have now made 3 seperate batches of this wonderful recipe, trying different variations. The first batch I made I didn't have molasses so I omitted it; the second batch I used all oil and ran out of honey so I used about 1/4 cup Agave Nectar; the third batch was what I would call the perfect batch so far - 1/2 oil, 1/2 applesauce, molasses and honey. Wow, no matter what it is great and everyone who has tried them loves them.

I just made these and
added some Fiber One cereal
to add some roughage.

Also used dried blueberries
instead of raisins and
used no oil, but added
some banana!

Bout to take them out
of the oven....yee!

Iwanted to expound on Brandon's comment: I totally agree w/ his observation about "the totally wasteful packaging" that comes along w/ storebought granola bars!...Has anyone ever noticed how small & chintzy the bars really are? And incredibly ROCK-hard? How can any of that be in any way healthful? I pack lunches for my grandkids every am; from now on I am packing only HOMEMADE cookies and granola bars!

This cookie was perfect! I used 1/4 cup olive oil and 1/4 unsweetened apple sauce and I loved the texture, it was almost bread-like. They taste pretty sweet actually and I didn't use any molasses. I love these cookies :D

This recipe looks awesome! I've been looking for a recipe that doesn't overload on the sugar and butter. Going to give this a try this weekend ^_^

These sound so cool! I think I'm gonna try them tomorrow! I love baking up healthy sweets--today I made some zucchini bread sweetened with honey...yum! :)

YUM! So Good! I did end up adding more flour. I used 1/4C honey, 1/4C agave/maple syrup. Mine are a soft, but a bit cakey (I think I may have added a bit too much additional flour, although I'm really not complaining).

I made these last night and oh....oh my! New favorite cookie, perhaps? The relatively healthy ingredient list is just a plus, really :o) I made a few changes due to low amounts of ingredients - about 1/3 cup honey and a little over 1/3 cup olive oil. And, shamefully, quick cook oats. I was wary about using olive oil since it does have a rather strong, savory flavor, but it worked brilliantly with the bitter tang of the molasses.

Can I say that the molasses is really the star in this recipe? Because wow, it really adds a marvelous kick! And since I used all oil and no applesauce, the edges of my cookies are crisp while the centers are nice and chewy. Much to my delight, the cookies did not spread like crazy, though they did spread a tiny bit (prior to baking, I mushed them down with a fork and was glad, because I prefer flatter, crispier cookies).

My dough was not very thick at all, so it definitely needed ~30 minutes to chill in the fridge, but after that it was easy to roll into balls. Next time I think I will let the dough chill for 24-36 hours to see how the texture and flavors change. I didn't put any nuts/fruit/chocolate in this batch, but next time I think I'll add some total cereal and millet seed for an extra crunch as well as some chocolate chips...because really, I think these would be over-the-top awesome with a bit of chocolate!

I was planning on taking them to work today for my coworkers, but my boyfriend is guarding them with his life ;o) Thanks so much for posting this recipe!

I just made these, I loved them!
I used coconut oil, and used semi sweet choch chips instead of walnuts- sue me, lol.

This is the recipe I have been looking for! This recipe surprisingly contains all the ingredients I want to include for my cookie! I am on your dad's team, we should meet some day. We have things to learn from each other! ;)

They're cooling in the fridge. So far they've had kind of a weird taste but I'm hoping that will go away. I think it's the molasses or maybe, though I doubt I did, I put in too much oil. Hopefully it goes away!

How many calories is each cookie? How many cookies does the dough make?

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