Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (A.k.a. Meag's Perfect Cookie)

Motivated Mama's Note:

I created this recipe with my daughter after a conversation with my sister, Meagan, about her idea of a perfect oatmeal cookie. This is a cookie you can feel good about giving your kids. They are very moist and fluffy and taste even better the days after being baked. These are very adaptable so feel free to substitute chocolate chips and a bit of lemon zest for the raisins or add some cranberries and sliced almonds for some added fun!

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 24

Yield: 24.0 cookies

• ½ cup butter , softened
• 1⁄3; cup applesauce
• ¼ cup flax seed meal
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup raisins
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon (I let my 3 yr old shake in as much as she wants)
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup packed brown sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cream together butter, applesauce and brown sugar.
3. add flax seed meal and vanilla.
4. Mix in eggs, one at a time.
5. Add flour, oats, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix until fully incorporated then mix in raisins.
6. Place spoonfuls onto cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.

Reviews

[healthy mamma]

very yummy! I love recipes w flax. so good for you! the only thing I changed was switching the measurments so less butter, more applesauce and half sugar half agave nectar. thank you for sharing your recipe!

[Clovis Ann]

Yum, yum, yum! These are addicting and not so bad for you! Very moist. I did not have any flax seed meal, but they still turned out great. Thanks for such a great recipe!

[Halliy]

Thank you delicious and now far less guilty of a treat. i used light margarine, plum sauce for the apple. whole rye for the whole wheat. I halved the brown sugar and subbed in sweet n low. the dough texture was a little dry, so they didnt' spread. the baked as shape dropped. i'm sure due to my not perfect measuring. great taste.