Community Pick
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
"These are very good, you can double the complete recipe if desired."
photo by EarlandChai
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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25-28
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil or 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1⁄3 cup white sugar
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
directions
- Set oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a baking sheet/s.
- Grind 3/4 cup rolled oats in a blender or food processor, then transfer to a medium bowl.
- Add in flour, cinnamon (if using) baking soda and salt; mix to combine.
- In a bowl beat butter until fluffy.
- Add in oil, both sugars, egg, vanilla and maple extract; beat until smooth an creamy.
- Add in dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Add in chocolate chips and nuts (if using).
- Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet.
- Bake (one sheet at a time) until firm around the edges and golden on top (about 12-15 minutes).
- Cool cookies for 2 minutes on sheet then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
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Reviews
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Followed the recipe with cinnamon but no nuts. They flattened great. I noticed the bigger I made the cookie, the softer they were, but also more prone to breaking. Next time I make them, I will do a little more cinnamon and vanilla. -
I loved the taste, and so did the kids! They did not flatten like the recipe even though I followed all details. They were rather hard too. Hmmm. We love the cinnamon flavor!! I don't feel like I am cheating when I eat these. That's dangerous. -
This recipe is a keeper! I doubled the recipe, but omitted the maple extract because we didn't have any on hand but used about 1T. real maple syrup instead. I also omitted the cinnamon and nuts because of preference. I also used whole wheat pastry flour because that's what I had on hand. All considered, the flavor was rich and wonderful. The cookie spread as it baked so it looked like those pictured. Next time I double the recipe, I'll use less chocolate chips - maybe 1 1/4 cups total because the cookie was really sweet with a total of 2 cups semisweet choc chips. I'll be making this again for sure. Thanks for sharing this recipe, Kitten! -
Yummo! Made a few changes to suit my own tastes/preferences and had a great result. I used applesauce instead of oil, blackstrap molasses in place of maple extract, and all white sugar (since brown sugar is simply white with molasses added). Added an extra half teaspoon or so of vanilla. Also used half dark chocolate chips, half white chocolate chips and left out the nuts. The cookies didn't flatten at all, but raised up to nice round domes, almost "fluffy" cookies, which I thought was a great texture. They were perfect with a glass of milk just a few minutes out of the oven - had just enough sweetness to satisfy my craving, and I get so much less guilt for indulging because of the healthy factor. :) I'll be making them again for sure! -
I was rather disappointed by these after reading all the great reviews. I made them exactly as the recipe states, omitting the cinn and maple. The texture and flavor were both just too strange for me. I also used milk chocolate/peanut butter swirl chips instead of the semi sweet I usually use, which I don't think helped things, lol.
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Yummo! Made a few changes to suit my own tastes/preferences and had a great result. I used applesauce instead of oil, blackstrap molasses in place of maple extract, and all white sugar (since brown sugar is simply white with molasses added). Added an extra half teaspoon or so of vanilla. Also used half dark chocolate chips, half white chocolate chips and left out the nuts. The cookies didn't flatten at all, but raised up to nice round domes, almost "fluffy" cookies, which I thought was a great texture. They were perfect with a glass of milk just a few minutes out of the oven - had just enough sweetness to satisfy my craving, and I get so much less guilt for indulging because of the healthy factor. :) I'll be making them again for sure!
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I've made these cookies twice now. The first time I followed the directions (omitting the maple extract & cinnamon though) and this second time I added 2 Tbsp. each wheat germ & flax seed meal. I used olive oil for the oil. I used a scant 1/3 cup of each of the sugars. I used 1/3 cup miniature chocolate chips instead of the 1 c. chocolate chips. I also added 1/3 c. chopped & toasted pecans. I can honestly say both times these cookies have tasted like regular full-fat, white flour oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. My cookies did not flatten out like Earl&Chai's pictures, but they taste great. They still have too much fat for me to overindulge without feeling guilty (coinsidering most cookie recipes make 4 dozen cookies = double this recipe = 1 stick of butter & 1 cup of oil), but they have some healthy ingredients so I don't feel AS guilty. These do taste good enough that I would offer them to company.
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Dear Kittencal, You did it again! This was a great recipe! I fixed it with my 6-year old daughter, and she, my wife, and I loved it! And it's a healthy cookie! I used Egg Beaters instead of eggs, and used half 70% cacao dark Lindt chocolate (dark chocolate is good for you too!) and half 60% cacao Ghirardelli chocolate chips. I doubled the vanilla extract and omitted the maple extract, as my wife requested. I only have one suggestion: for those of us (like me) who don't have much experience making cookies from scratch, I would make the recipe clearer (I messed up the order in which you mix the ingredients) by editing step 6, making it read like this: "Add in to the butter oil, both sugars, egg, vanilla, and maple extract; beat until smooth and creamy." I accidentally added all the ingredients in step 6 to the solid ingredients (my wife told me: she is the cookie expert!), and it still turned out fine! Again, thanks for a great, healthy recipe! Saulo
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Wow! I'm trying to make healthier snacks for my family and one of their favorites is chocolate chip cookies. I gave these a try today, thinking with the WW flour, applesauce instead of oil, and the oats (I didn't grind the oats, just used quick oats as is) it would fit the bill. My daughter was skeptical until she tasted the first cookie. The first panful is gone and the second is just coming out of the oven. These cookies are tasty! -
Really good! I substituted applesauce for the oil, and used mini M&M's instead of chocolate chips. i also cooked them on parchment paper so they'd stay softer.
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