Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Full of good stuff so you don't have to feel guilty. From Tiny Morsels blog.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 18 Cookies

Ingredients

• 6  pitted dates
• 1  tablespoon ground flax seeds
• 3  tablespoons water
• 1⁄4 cup walnuts
• 2⁄3 cup rolled oats, divided
• 1  tablespoon canola oil
• 1⁄4 cup  unbleached cane sugar
• 1  pinch sea salt
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2  tablespoons  shredded coconut (unsweetened)
• 1⁄2 cup  spelt flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄3 cup  dark chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325º F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Submerge dates in hot water (not quite boiling) for 10 minutes, so they can soften a bit. Stir together the ground flax seed and water, and set aside.
3. Put the soaked dates and the walnuts in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Add in the flax mixture, 1/3 cup of the oats, the canola oil, cane sugar, salt, and vanilla. Pulse again for about 15-20 seconds, to chop and mix everything well.
4. Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl, and stir in the coconut, flour, baking soda, and the remaining 1/3 cup of oats. When everything is well combined, stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet. Flatten the cookies just slightly with the back of a spoon (or your hands), because they won't spread much during baking. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until they start to turn golden. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.