I played around with my family's No Bake Cookie recipe and produced a single portion of this cookie that I feel is healthy enough to eat as a meal. They're still very good but are much healthier. I keep getting asked for the recipe, so I finally decided to measure out the exact portions and post the recipe. THIS RECIPE IS VERY FLEXIBLE! When I make them I NEVER measure out anything and I often add more or less of ingredients and they still taste great. I sometimes leave out the wheat germ and flax seeds and just add more oatmeal. I have made these replacing the sugar with about 3 tablespoons of honey. I have changed the recipe from 1 tsp. to 1 Tbsp. of cocoa powder.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are a big and fat, golden brown cookie with a bumpy surface all dotted with raisins. Their edges are crisp, their flavor sweet, and their texture is wonderfully soft and chewy.
These delicious cookies contain no white flour, only oatmeal and whole wheat. They're sweetened with pure maple syrup and contain no added oil or margarine, only the fats that are naturally present in the oats and other ingredients.
Update 1/11: Well, after nearly three years of having this chocolate chip cookie recipe in my arsenal, I'm happy to report that it is the only chocolate chip cookie recipe I make. {Now, chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are another conversation
This is a winner of a recipe. It's delicious, hearty and is so pleasing to look at (and eat). You could even make this the night before and reheat in the morning!
In my recent craving for all things pumpkin (apparent by the recent baking of pumpkin muffins and multiple batches of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies), it