Healthy Honey Oatmeal Cookies

Secret Teenage Chef's Note:

These are easy to make! and healthy for you too (small amount of butter & sugar), but still so very sweet and wholesome. The cookies are chewy and go great with any other add-ins (raisins, cranberries, chocolate chips, etc.) Courtesy of FoodNetwork.com

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 10

Yield: 30.0 cookies

• 3 tablespoons butter , room temperature
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• ½ cup whole wheat flour (all-purpose is good too)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ½ cups rolled oats (aka oatmeal)
• chopped dates (optional) or figs (optional) or raisins (optional) or currants (optional) or chocolate chips (optional) or chopped nuts , etc (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray (just for convenience :]).
2. Using a mixer with the paddle attachment, mix together the butter, brown sugar, honey, egg and water thoroughly.
3. Sift together the dry ingredients then stir in the oats. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix. Add any additional ingredients you've chosen.
4. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Reviews

[Mrs. Kristy]

Love this cookie with a few changes: I use 1/4 cup tbsp of mixed agave and organic honey. Then, I only use half the brown sugar and half the salt. I also added a little cinnamon and a little more oats. They turned out AMAZING both times I did this. I've added chocolate chips w/ walnuts, and cranberries. Both blends were great. Will make again for sure

[HLGStrider]

I'm a lousy baker, easily distracted, completely incapable of following a recipe to the letter, so I was surprised at how well these turned out. I decided to follow some of the comment's suggestions and cut the brown sugar down to 1/4 cup and chose to add all of the following: craisins, walnuts, and dark chocolate chips. They turned out really well. I also sprinkled cinnamon on top of them (I had meant to mix it in but forgot until after I already had them out on the baking sheet and decided to just go with sprinkling. My husband and daughter both like them, though I think my daughter would've preferred something just a little sweeter.

[Brighid]

Very good cookies! I did think they were a little sweet, though. I subbed agave nectar for the honey but otherwise followed the recipe and added raisins. Next time I'll cut the brown sugar by about 1/4 c. and add cinnamon and more oats like another reviewer suggested. Thanks for a new, healthier cookie!