"Healthy" Cookies

Sometime last week I randomly found a recipe for "healthy" oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I say "healthy" very loosely as not to confuse you. Yes, they are healthier than the regular recipe, but "healthy" is not a word I would call any cookie!!! I really wish I could trace back to the blog where I found this recipe, it was very random, and I was not BLOG stocking - I promise. I will try to trace it back because I really want to give props where its due.

Anyways, I made these cookies, along with some homemade mint chocolate-chip ice cream for a day spent with Richard and Jennifer (it was a day filled with Rockband and the Wii...so much fun!!!). I think everyone enjoyed the cookies, but I think the thought of them being semi-healthy might have been a bad thing because I ate WAY too many!!!

Because you use apple sauce instead of all the bad stuff, the cookies are a lot more moist and fluffier than your regular cookie, but I really liked that about them. They also don't turn out to be your prettiest cookie due to the fact that you use whole wheat flour, but hey, isn't it really the taste that matters???

I hope everyone tries this recipe, because they were SUPER easy and quite the treat!

Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/4 cup applesauce

2 Tbsp. butter

1/3 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

3/4 cup quick cooking oats

3/4 cup dark chocolate chips or crushed dark chocolate bar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together applesauce, butter and both sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a separate mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir flour mixture into first mixture and mix well. Then stir in oats, followed by the chocolate. Place rounded tsp-full 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes.