Low Fat Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

swirlycinnacakes's Note:

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

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter , room temperature
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup plain unsweetened applesauce
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars. Beat in the egg, followed by the applesauce and the vanilla extract. Working by hand, stir in the flour mixture and the oats until just combined and no streaks of flour remain. Stir in the chocolate chips.
4. Drop tablespoonfuls of the dough onto the prepared baking sheet, flattening each cookie slightly. Bake for about 10-12 minute Cookies will be light brown at the edges when done.
5. Let cool on sheet for 3 or 4 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. Store in an airtight container.

Reviews

[Maine Sailor Chef]

Great recipe, loved it. I made some modifications which came out close to this but could have used a tad more sugar. I wanted to make Congo Bars but forgot I lacked the proper pan so I fired the whole shabang into a pie plate and made a pie of sorts. Also used 1/2 wheat and added a bit of wheat germ. So, I changed this quite a bit but the foundation was great. Thanks, this is a keeper, I'll go straight 'by the book' next time :-)

[Kit Chen]

Love this recipe. It's light and not heavy.

[jaynat88_1983]

This is a really great recipe that you can also change up. I used half whole wheat flour and half regular flour because I just wanted to use up the rest of the whole wheat. I didn't have applesauce, so I used some organic yogurt that I had. I used 2 tblsp of vegetable oil instead of butter. I added coconut, pecan pieces, white and milk chocolate pieces. They came out super good!