Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cookies.

These cookies are a great way to treat yourself (and your family) that baking with whole grains can be a tasty experience. I love oatmeal cookies. These cookies are very easy to make and delicious. You can add any dried fruits, chopped chocolates or chips, and nuts. Sometimes I make with raisins and cranberries, sometimes dark chopped chocolates. Either way is good. 

When you try these (because I know you will), you will have a recipe for the best, the ultimate, the soft, the chewy, nutty, fruity and crispy cookie….all in one. Good luck and enjoy 😉

Hearty, chewy, sweet, but not too sweet, LOADED with melty chocolate . . .

Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup old-fashioned oats (or oat flakes)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup unsalted cold cubed butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup mixed cranberry and raisins
• Optional add-ins: chocolate chips (semisweet, butterscotch, etc.), chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, etc.), chopped dried fruit

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 340 degrees F.  Line a large baking sheet with a Silpat baking mat or parchment paper and set aside.
2. In your mixing bowl mix together  flour, oats, sugar, salt, and baking soda. With the mixer on low, slowly add in the cold butter.  Mix until crumbly mixture. Don’t overmix. 
3. Add in egg and vanilla until combined.

4. Using large wooden spoon, add in chocolate chips or cranberries and raising. 5. Cover the cookie dough, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled; 30 min- 1 hour. You can freeze it too. So you can use later.6. Drop cookies by tablespoon full onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges just start to turn golden brown. 

7. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 3-4 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store leftovers in an airtight container.

Enjoy 😉

Note:  If the cookie dough has been refrigerated, bake the cookies for 13 to 14 minutes, until they’re a very light golden brown, and a bit darker around the edges. For unrefrigerated dough, bake for about 11 minutes. For softer cookies, reduce the baking time by about 2 minutes.