Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
photo by katew
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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40 cookies
- Serves:
- 40
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup canola oil
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3⁄4 cup chopped dried apricot
- 1⁄2 cup dried sweetened cranberries
- 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Blend first five ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, mix next 7 ingredients (dry ingredients).
- Stir a spoonful of flour mixture into fruit and nuts to separate fruit.
- Add dry ingredients to oil mixture, then stir in fruit and nuts.
- Drop 1 1/2 tablespoons onto parchment-paper-covered baking sheet.
- Flatten slightly.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Cool slightly on pan and then transfer to rack to cool completely before storing.
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Reviews
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Best oatmeal cookies I've ever had! I made a few changes though. I used splenda instead of granulated sugar, used only 3/4 cup flour and substitued the other 1 cup with oatmeal. Also I used hershey's sugar free chocolate morsels instead of the fruit and nuts :) They turned out moist, chewy, and very flavorful!
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I loved these cookies. I didn't have wheat germ so I replaced with grinded up oatmeal instead. I did use the 3 egg whites unlike some others who used whole eggs instead. I used 1 cup of brown sugar only, no white sugar. I used 3/4 cup white flour, and 1 cup wheat flour. And added no fruits, just dark chocolate chips. Oh yeah, I added a couple tablespoons of ground flax seed. These cookies are so moist and delicious. I will definitely be making again.
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These are great cookies!! They're thick and soft (when warm or at room temp.) and chewy and full of flavor! No one would ever guess they were healthy! My only changes were to use light olive oil, whole wheat pastry flour, and to scale the servings down to 20--and all of that worked well. This is the oatmeal cookie recipe I've been searching for years to find!! That it won first place in the oatmeal cookies category at a state fair is not at all surprising! Thanks so much for sharing it, alligirl!! (Tagged, made, and reviewed for PRMR Holiday Special.)
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Best oatmeal cookies I've ever had! I made a few changes though. I used splenda instead of granulated sugar, used only 3/4 cup flour and substitued the other 1 cup with oatmeal. Also I used hershey's sugar free chocolate morsels instead of the fruit and nuts :) They turned out moist, chewy, and very flavorful!
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