Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Submitted by annh53182

"Full of good stuff so you don't have to feel guilty. From Tiny Morsels blog."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 18 Cookies

ingredients

• 6 pitted dates
• 14.79 ml ground flax seeds
• 44.37 ml water
• 59.14 ml walnuts
• 157.80 ml rolled oats, divided
• 14.79 ml canola oil
• 59.14 ml unbleached cane sugar
• 0.25 ml sea salt
• 4.92 ml vanilla
• 29.58 ml shredded coconut (unsweetened)
• 118.29 ml spelt flour
• 4.92 ml baking soda
• 78.78 ml dark chocolate chips

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325º F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Submerge dates in hot water (not quite boiling) for 10 minutes, so they can soften a bit. Stir together the ground flax seed and water, and set aside.
3. Put the soaked dates and the walnuts in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Add in the flax mixture, 1/3 cup of the oats, the canola oil, cane sugar, salt, and vanilla. Pulse again for about 15-20 seconds, to chop and mix everything well.
4. Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl, and stir in the coconut, flour, baking soda, and the remaining 1/3 cup of oats. When everything is well combined, stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet. Flatten the cookies just slightly with the back of a spoon (or your hands), because they won't spread much during baking. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until they start to turn golden. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.