Peanut Butter Oat Bran Cookies

"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."
 
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Ready In:
27mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
24 cookies
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ingredients

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directions

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

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Reviews

  1. 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.
     
  2. 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!
     
  3. I really loved these cookies. Some modifications. I used canola oil instead of melted margarine. I skipped white sugar and increased the amount of brown sugar a little. I don't like too-sweet cookies, so I decided to go down on the sugar. While I was mixing the batch, I realized it's lacking the moisture, so after adding 1-1/2 cup of oat bran, I watched the mixture to see how much I wanted to add the flour. I added only 1/4 cup of all purpose flour. They came out of oven very inviting. I brew coffee and had 2 cookies. Wow. What a treat!<br/>I am going to try barley flour or flax seeds instead of all purpose flour.
     
  4. Delicious!! I loved every bite!
     
  5. I love these cookies. They're light and crispy, great for dunking in a cup of tea or coffee! My batter yielded 48 smallish cookies, and I baked them an extra 5 min, about 17 min, and they were just turning golden on the bottom. I used 1/2 cup oat flour and 1/2 cup kamut flour, and crunchy peanut butter. I find them a bit on the sugary side, so will cut back to 3/4 cup next time. Otherwise, perfect! I would like to melt some chocolate next time and dip some into the chocolate -- I think they'll taste great! Anyway, thanks for posting a great recipe.
     
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  1. I really loved these cookies. Some modifications. I used canola oil instead of melted margarine. I skipped white sugar and increased the amount of brown sugar a little. I don't like too-sweet cookies, so I decided to go down on the sugar. While I was mixing the batch, I realized it's lacking the moisture, so after adding 1-1/2 cup of oat bran, I watched the mixture to see how much I wanted to add the flour. I added only 1/4 cup of all purpose flour. They came out of oven very inviting. I brew coffee and had 2 cookies. Wow. What a treat!<br/>I am going to try barley flour or flax seeds instead of all purpose flour.
     
  2. 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!
     

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I am now a full-time student working toward a degree in speech pathology/audiology. Prior to returning to school I was a "domestic engineer" with no children...just a wonderful husband and 2 cats. We enjoy trying to eat very healthful foods with an emphasis on low-fat items. Baking is one of my favorite pastimes, especially cookies. Rather unfortunate for my hub because he has to be mindful of his weight, but gives me extra impetus to focus on filling, satisfying, and nutritionally well-rounded meals. Thanks to being members of the YMCA I stay very physically active and have recently become an avid fan of yoga. Flylady.net is a site I thoroughly enjoy for housekeeping "support" and heartwarming stories.
 
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