Peanut Butter Oat Bran Cookies

1TexasLizard's Note:

This recipe was on a box of "Hodgson Mill Oat Bran Cereal". What wonderful cookies! Chewy, filling, high fiber...and oat to boot. Lower cholesterol here we come. I also used 1/4 cup applesauce for 1/4 cup margarine to lower fat. They were super easy to mix and are sturdy enough to travel well (I mailed some to an avid fan!). Hope you enjoy.

• Total Time: 27 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 36 cookies

• 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 eggs or 2 egg whites
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 cups oat bran (Hodgson Mill brand)
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Mix melted margarine with sugars.
3. Add egg (or whites); mix well.
4. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla; beat until smooth.
5. Add remaining dry ingredients; mix well.
6. Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Reviews

[FnE]

Quick and easy, but a little crumbly. I used 1/2 cup Splenda and 1/4 cup Splenda brown sugar blend. Next time I will cut down the oat bran a little.

[Joellen1972]

Delicious!! I loved every bite!

[FoodieJunkie]

These have become a staple "not so naughty" cookie around here. I used BARELY 3/4 cup brown sugar instead of the mixture of 1/2 each brown and white, and they turned out perfectly sweet. I used butter in place of margarine, and instead of AP flour I used oat flour. (To make it, I put some old fashioned rolled oats in a food processor and blended them as finely as I could.) It probably made them slightly more crumbly but I love the way they came out!