I love
cookies. My kids love cookies… Everyone
loves cookies. It is pretty safe to say that cookies are something that
everyone would like to have more of in my house. While I do enjoy the
occasional cookie, my thighs and hips let me know exactly just how much eating
cookies is costing me. So I have been experimenting once again in the kitchen;
this time with cookie recipes. I have been looking for ways of making a
healthier – yet still delicious sweet treat. I have gotten rid of butter and
instead changed things up by using coconut oil in my oatmeal chocolate chip
cookie recipe.
What You Need:
1 1/4 cup old fashioned
rolled oats {I use Bob’s Red Mill}
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup melted coconut
oil
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
extract
1/2 cup milk chocolate
chips {dark chocolate is good as well}
2 teaspoons milk
How to Make It:
Preheat
oven to 400°
In a bowl whisk together
flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Set aside for later.
In a bowl combine the melted
coconut oil and brown sugar until smooth.
Add the egg, milk and
vanilla to the coconut oil mixture and whisk for an additional 2 minutes or
until smooth.
Add in flour mixture to
the wet ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
Add the chocolate chips
to the mixture.
Use a medium size cookie
scoop and plop the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 11 minutes or until
edges just being to turn a golden brown.
Remove from oven and let
cool a few minutes on baking sheet.
I have
been making an effort to make healthier choices. This means that I am exercising
more and eating healthier foods. But I still crave a sweet treat every now and
again. This is my answer to having sweet treats in the house while still trying
to be healthy. I am not a huge fan of coconut; in fact I enjoy the flavor but
not the texture of coconut. The coconut oil is perfect because I get a hint of
the flavor and avoid the texture of the coconut all together.
This
cookie is a soft and chewy cookie that is highly addictive. Since chocolate
chip oatmeal cookies are my favorite I find it hard to eat just one of these. What is your favorite type of cookie?
