We haven't made any cookies at all since the Vegan experiment, but finally this weekend we decided to change that. I really like to have a batch of cookies onhand for the lunches, and although these (nor any cookie really) could not be mistaken for health food, I do believe that they are such a better alternative than buying packaged granola bars or other packaged junk. And honestly? Despite the butter and sugar, these do have some healthy elements--oats, whole wheat flour, and dates. So I'm feeling pretty good about them.
This recipe is from an old Everyday Food magazine. It is yummy and maybe my favorite oatmeal cookie. I love the dates in here so much better than raisins in an oatmeal cookie. Try it, you'll see. The recipe is here. I subbed 1 cup of whole wheat flour for one cup of white. Next time I might use even more whole wheat. This recipe does use a small amount of shortening (1/4 cup) and I'm thinking of maybe just deleting it next time. There would still be a whole cup of butter in there. What do you think? The texture might be changed a bit. Dieter loved these and he also enjoyed cutting up dates with kitchen scissors. Rainer wasn't ready to use the scissors but happily ate Cheerios while standing in the Learning Tower which was a huge improvement over how he'd been feeling earlier in the weekend. And now the teens (and I) have cookies for their lunches. All that said, I'm still on the lookout for healthier cookies (always) so I'm hoping we have time to try this next weekend. If you've already tried it, let me know what you think.
5 comments:
I'll have to try these cookies out-I am in the search for some healthier cookies (especially since I just made some with cream cheese in them last weekend, ahem). They would be yummy for breakfast with some milk, too!! I also have that cookie recipe in queue for this upcomming weekend.
Those look yummy. I begin with the regular chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin recipe and then cut the sugar, switch out part of the flour, chop walnuts into basically undetectable powder, etc....they all get eaten except for when I use too much whole wheat flour.
Those look really tasty! Try it without the shortening next time and let us know how it goes. I featured some oatmeal muffins on my blog today. Much better than the processed stuff, I agree. :)
Mmmm...looks yummy. I always substitute whole wheat pastry flour for all of the all-purpose white flour in cookies, scones, muffins and quick breads...it seems to work just fine and I feel better about it. And the butter? Is there such thing as too much butter?
We always bake/cook with whole wheat pastry as well...it always has worked perfectly for us. I can't stand the taste of white flour so there's that plus w.w. is just SO much healthier. You can always make any cookie recipe a ton healthier by substituting sucanat or another unrefined natural sweetener for sugar, unrefined coconut oil for the butter (incredibly healthy for you!!), and flax substitute for any eggs. Makes a delicious cookie!
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