Healthified Oatmeal Cookies

by rose
(woodbridge, ontario;; canada)

Oatmeal cookies are a comfort food from our childhood, but we can take this already healthier cookie and make it more healthy. Check out my heart-healthy recipe!

1 cup of whole wheat flour
1 cup of rolled oats (not quick cooking kind)
1 tsp of baking soda
1/3 cup of flax seed meal
1/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract

add-ins: 1 cup of any of the following or mix of the following: dried cranberries or other fruit, walnuts or any other nuts, trail mix, chocolate/butterscotch chips, etc. -- or a 1 cup combination of any of the above for true "kitchen sink" style cookies

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Use parchment paper to line a cookie sheet.
1. In a large bowl, beat canola oil with sugars until well incorporated.
2. Beat in egg and vanilla extract.
3. In another bowl, whisk flour, oats, baking soda and flaxseed meal .
4. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients--a little at a time, until incorporated but not over-mixed.
5. Drop by the tablespoons onto the parchment lined cookie sheet.
6. Bake for about 10 minutes, until edges are just starting to turn brown--bake an extra minute or so for a crispier cookie.
7. Let cool for 2 minutes.
Makes 24 small cookies or 12 large ones. The recipe is easily doubled.