Healthy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
These perfected healthy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are quite literally bursting with two things chocolate and oats!
Servings 16 cookies
Calories 241kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- ½ cup applesauce
- 1 cup coconut sugar or cane sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups old fashion rolled oats
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour , 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt
- Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl for about 1 minute. Add eggs, vanilla, and applesauce and beat for another minute.½ cup unsalted butter, ½ cup applesauce , 1 cup coconut sugar , 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, 2 large eggs
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined. Beat in oats and chocolate chips.3 cups old fashion rolled oats, ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Use a large cookie scoop to scoop cookie dough, about 3tbsp of cookie dough per cookie on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Flatten cookies with the back of a spoon and bake for 11-14 minutes or until lightly browned on the sides.
- Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
Store: These cookies last a week on the counter in an air-tight container or up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
Freeze: Freeze for up to 3 months, and defrost under refrigeration.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 96mg | Potassium: 233mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 13IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 2mg