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Mountain Dining In Heart Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies Delicious, healthy, and highly addictive! |
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Sandy and I have been recording Dr. Oz shows and then watching them in the evening after dinner. This recipe for chocolate chip cookies from Dr. Oz’s web site is a home run!
The recipe was developed by Gisela, a mother of two children who was inspired by the Dr. Oz show to make healthy recipes so she could lose 100 lbs in a year. Any modifications that Sandy or I made are noted.
Warning!! The cookies came out excellent when I substituted pure maple syrup instead of the brown rice syrup. The cookies in the photos were made with maple syrup. The cookies I made with brown rice syrup just flattened like peanut brittle.
Ingredients:
2 cups rolled oats (old fashioned, NOT instant) (adding either diced fresh apples with skin on, or diced dried granny smith apples really enhances the flavor) (if the cookies seem a little dry or to be missing something, try adding 1/2 cup of healthy style applesauce and some extra rolled oats.) |
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Preparation:
Step 1: · Preheat oven to 375 degrees. · Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Parchment paper lets the baked cookies just slide off with no sticking, while using the metal cookie sheet surface directly for baking requires letting the cookies cool for five minutes first to firm up before removal. · Whisk the dry ingredients of oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in a bowl. · If your can of Tahini is completely separated into solids and oil (mine were), then use a soft mixing spatula to scrape all the Tahini solids and oil from the Tahini can into the empty mixing bowl. Use the electric mixer to blend the Tahini into a smooth liquid. Pour a 1/2 cup of your Tahini into your measurer and the rest of the Tahini back into its can for storage in the refrigerator. · Put the 1/2 cup of Tahini and the butter substitute into the mixer bowl. Use an electric mixer to beat until smooth. · Add brown rice syrup and beat on low speed until well blended. If you want to add applesauce, do it at this time. · At low speed, beat in an egg and the vanilla just until blended. · Add the dry mixes to the mixing bowl and beat on low speed until blended. · With a soft mixing spatula, fold in walnuts, chocolate chips and cranberries (chopped apples, pecans, whatever is healthy that you enjoy) until blended. Step 2: · For each cookie drop a tablespoon (or more for larger cookies) of dough onto the parchment paper lined baking sheet. · Flatten the dough for each cookie slightly with your fingertip. · Place the cookies 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. The recipe makes about four baking sheets of cookies, which I baked two at a time. · Bake for 10-11 minutes to light golden brown. We live at 6500 feet so it was closer to 20 minutes before the cookies were done. · Remove the baking sheets from the oven. A thin metal frying spatula can be used to immediately transfer the cookies from the parchment paper to a plate to cool. · Enjoy a really delicious and healthy chocolate chip cookie fresh baked from the oven! Step 3: · Put the uneaten cookies in one or more gallon size Ziploc bags and store them in the refrigerator. If you made different batches of cookies (with and without nuts, with and without chopped fresh or dried apples, etc), just label the Ziploc bags with the batch ingredients. · The cookies store great in the Ziploc bags in the refrigerator until they’re gone! To have the cookie taste oven fresh, just put it on a folded paper towel and microwave the cookie on high for 15 seconds to warm the cookie without melting the chocolate. Tastes as good as fresh baked every time! |
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John Williamson 530-412-1356
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California Realtor® license 01490822 Nevada Realtor® license S0167613 |
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Lots of nutrition in these cookies! |
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Wisk the dry ingredients together, then combine with the wet ingredients. |
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Use a blender to mix the wet ingredients together. Add the dry ingredients. Mix on low speed with the blender until just mixed so not to kneed the gluten in the whole wheat flour. Fold in the chocolate chips, nuts, etc. with a spatula. |
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Use an ice cream scoop or a tablespoon to put the cookie dough on the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. The parchment paper prevents the cookies from sticking when baked! |
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Enjoy the heart healthy chocolate chip cookies with your favorite drink! |
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After baking at 375 degrees, use a metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a plate to cool. The cookies will not stick so no need to cool them before removing. Reuse the parchment paper for the next batch of cookies. |
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If you do not use the parchment paper to line the cookie sheet, then let the cookies cool for a few minutes before removing or they will fall apart. |
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Resort and Second Home Property Specialist |
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11500 Donner Pass Road Truckee, CA 96161 |
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Accredited Buyer Representative |
