Showing posts with label oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Show all posts

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Heart Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies



In honor of the birthday of the children I nanny for's dad, today we baked some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. The family didn't have any real butter in their house, so I searched online for a recipe that would contain Smart Balance butter instead. Surprisingly I found one (on the Smart Balance website) that was not only easy, but also VERY tasty! Of course I altered the web recipe a little to using another recipe I found online... and my own suggestions.

Ingredients

1 cup Smart Balance® Butter
3/4 cup white sugar
1 cup light brown granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup white flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cups quick cooking oats

Heat oven to 350 F degrees.

In a large bowl or mixer cream Smart Balance® Butter Blend Stick and sugars together until light and fluffy. Stir in egg one by one. Then add the vanilla and stir.

In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt together. Slowly add into butter mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and oats; the batter will be pretty wet.


Using a large spoon, drop batter on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 15-20 minutes until sides are firm and cookies color to a rich golden. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

ENJOY!