How to Make Yummy Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Anyway, when my mom wasn't feeling like baking her round chocolate cookies, she'd make oatmeal cookie bars. Her recipe is EASY and it's the BEST. You simply cannot beat a one bowl, ten-minute prep, and pantry staple cookie bar. Mom would make her oatmeal cookie bars once a week.

And there were definitely many weeks she'd make them twice. These oatmeal dark chocolate cookies are healthy and delicious, made from all whole grains and with the addition of flax seed for an extra fatty acid nutrition boost. Oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies made a whole lot healthier with no flour, no butter, very little sugar, and healthy fats such as coconut oil and dark chocolate. You can cook Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

1. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
2. Prepare 3/4 cup of brown sugar.
3. You need 1/2 cup of cane sugar.
4. It's 3 of eggs.
5. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
6. It's 1 tsp of caramel extract.
7. You need 1 tsp of hazelnut extract.
8. It's 1 tsp of pumpkin extract.
9. You need 2 tbsp of maple syrup.
10. You need 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of sea salt.
12. You need 1 1/2 cup of Whole Wheat Pastry Flour.
13. You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
14. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of dark chocolate morsels.
15. Prepare 3 cup of Oatmeal (quick or old fashioned, uncooked).
16. You need 1/2 cup of chia seeds.
17. You need 1/2 cup of flaxseeds.

The healthier oatmeal cookies I do have on the blog have a whole bunch of peanut butter in 'em. […] Thanks to long lines and food magazines, I found the perfect recipe for dark chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and it totally hit the spot! Often times you have to compromise flavor when it comes to making a healthy dessert, but not in this case! These dark chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are: Gluten-free With plenty of melty chocolate, chewy oats, and a sprinkle of sea salt, these dark chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies are guaranteed to be your new favorite cookie variety. They're extra buttery and soft with slightly crisp edges and a touch of cinnamon and molasses for classic oatmeal cookie flavor.

Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies instructions

1. Heat oven to 350°F..
2. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy..
3. Add eggs and vanilla extract, caramel extract, hazelnut extract and pumpkin extract; beat well..
4. Add combined whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, maple syrup, ground cinnamon and sea salt; mix well..
5. Add oats, chia seeds, flaxseeds and chocolate morsels; mix well..
6. Cover the bowl in aluminum. Put it in the freezer for 4 hours..
7. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto parchment paper (Make sure to put parchment paper on the pan). Optional.... (you can butter the pan or spray it.).
8. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until medium brown. Cool 1 minute on parchment paper; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered..
9. Makes about 4 dozen cookies..

There's nothing like chocolate cookies to celebrate the start of the month. These Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies literally came together in no time and I'm willing to bet you have most of the ingredients already on hand. Some pantry ingredients, a bit of mixing and it was off to the oven. Dark chocolate chips or miniature chocolate chips may be substituted for the chopped dark chocolate. For answers to all other questions regarding substitutions and tips, see my Oatmeal Cookies FAQ page.