Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies With Honey

Submitted by Chef #1271525

"These little cookies are almost too healthy to even call a cookie! More like a nutritional supplement!!!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 30 cookies
• Serves: 30

ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups rolled oats
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon (or more as desired)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 1⁄2 cup oil (corn, grapeseed or olive)
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1 egg (beat with 1 Tbsp Water)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts

directions

1. 1.In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together.
2. 2.In a medium bowl, mix all the wet ingredients together. Hint: when measuring out the honey, spray the measuring cup with oil or baking spray--your honey won't stick).
3. 3.Mix the wet stuff with the dry stuff. Add the raisins and walnuts and mix. If the mixture seems too wet, add a bit of flour. If it isn't binding together very well, you may wish to add an egg white.
4. 4.COOL the mix for 20 minutes in the fridge.
5. 5.Preheat the oven to 335 degrees (lower temperature due to the honey in the recipe which will burn more easily).
6. 6.Drop by teaspoonfuls onto your baking sheet (I recommend lining the baking sheet with parchment paper). Press down with a fork to ensure even cooking.
7. 7.Bake for about 15 - 20 minutes or until golden on the bottom of the cookie. The cookies freeze very well and make a great snack! Enjoy.

Reviews

[cfleming42]

I followed many of the suggestions and they turned out perfectly!! I only make cookies with no cane sugar these days and these are one of the very best recipes I've made. Changes I made - I used butter rather than olive oil because the most current research does show that butter is actually a healthy fat and I find it tastes better in cookies than olive oil. I always use wheat pastry flour in baking because it turns out fabulous results. I did add the nutmeg, used just a little more cinnamon than called for, did add the 2 tbsp of flour which made for a fabulous consistency and used about 3/4 the salt.

 

[Wyndham C.]

These were sooooo good! I can't give it a 5 b/c I didn't follow the recipe exactly. I used 2 heaping table spoons of cinnamon, and I highly recommend adding the nutmeg. I considered what others said about it calling for too much salt, so I used 3/4 of what it called for. The batter tasted salty, but after it was cooked, it was just right. For the oil I used butter b/c that's what I had available. I used white flour instead of whole wheat, and I ended up adding an extra 1/2-3/4 cup of flour to thicken it up. I didn't add walnuts either b/c I made them for a large group of people. I was extatic to find a good cookie recipe that uses honey rather than cane sugar!

 

[elizabeth.kronoff]

I'm giving it five because it is, after all, a no-sugar recipe so you're probably not looking for something super-sweet. I did have to add extra flour to get a decent consistency and I think I added just too much- I would say one cup plus two tablespoons is probably good- more than that and you get pretty bready cookies. I also substituted 2 tbsps honey for the molasses because I don't keep the latter in my pantry. Otherwise made no subs. The cookies turned out great and it's wonderful to have something I can serve to my kids more or less guilt-free. Thank you, 1271525! Almost forgot to say- I did cut the salt in half as per 1351167's recommendation and I'm glad as the taste was spot-on.

 

[kelbyeureka]

This was pretty good for such a healthy cookie. I love that it uses no sugar, white flour or butter. I used olive oil and black walnuts. The walnuts were a bit overpowering. Will use regular walnuts or pecans next time. A bit salty too. Will cut salt in half next time. But overall a great guilt free cookie for cold dreary afternoon.