Not bad at all for a so-called healthy cookies. I wonder if this still counts as 'healthy' considering that the recipe calls for butter. Perhaps the oats would gleefully absorb all the nasty fats as well my guilt for eating a handful of these lovely crunchy delight. Oats has never successfully fit into any part of my daily meal (tastes like tiny bits of papers in my mouth), but its presence in cookies, pies or seafood coating is simply delightful for my palate.
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats (instant oats)
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract (I didn't add this)
1 cup chopped nuts (I used walnuts + almonds)
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 375C
2. Sift together the flour and baking soda. Add the oats and set aside
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter or margarine and sugars. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition, until the mixture is creamy. Fold in the sifted ingredients. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Gently mix in the nuts and chocolate chips.
4. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets, spacing cookies 2 inches apart. Bake for 10 to 12minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned.
You can add raisins or chopped candied fruits, as suggested, but they taste good as they are.
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