For our recent girls/guys night, Kim and I made yummy cookies!
Full of oats, wheat flour, cherries, blueberries, craisins and dark chocolate, these are high fiber, antioxidant cookies that pack a delightful flavor!
What's better -- there is no egg in this recipe... so all you egg-allergic folks can enjoy them too!
We almost didn't share them with the boys. They were that good.
Oatmeal Antioxidant Cookies - Adapted from Good {Cheap} Eats
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1 1/2 C brown sugar
10 T butter, softened
1/2 C buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
3 C quick cooking oats
1 C old fashioned oats
1 3/4 C whole white wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 C dark chocolate chips
1/2 C craisins
1/2 C dried blueberries/cherries
Begin by creaming together the butter and brown sugar.
Then, add in the buttermilk and vanilla.
Next, stir in the oats.
Yes, there are a lot of oats.
Mix together the flour, salt and soda. Then, add these to the mixture.
Find 1 C of dried fruits -- we used dried cherries, craisins and blueberries.
Add these to the dough.
Remember: there are no eggs. You bet you can snitch some cookie dough ;)
Add in the dark chocolate chips and mix.
The dough will be very dense and sticky.
Scoop the cookies out using a tablespoon, and using wet hands {don't skip this step!} form the cookies into oval disks.
Then, bake at 375 for 10ish minutes, until cookies are lightly browned. Don't over bake these gems.
Cool on a cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes after removing from the oven, and then transfer to a cooking rack to finish cooling.
Enjoy!
