Have a sugar craving? Think smart about it before indulging.
Besides being delightfully high in sugar, oatmeal cookies have plenty of health benefits, especially the multi-grain version with flax seeds, triticale, barley and rye. Can’t find multi-grain oatmeal cereal? Add one or two tablespoons ground flax seeds with the dry ingredients. Newbie vegetarians avoiding diary can use one tablespoon of ground golden flax seeds plus three tablespoons of water for each egg. Allow the mixture to rest for a few minutes before using the mix in a recipe. Full-fat unsweetened soymilk is a great vegetarian replacement for cow’s milk. In addition, this recipe uses plenty of vitamin E and antioxidant rich walnuts. I prefer chunky walnuts to balance the sweetness of the sugars.
As for the chocolate, this recipe uses semi-sweet, which has less sugar and more intense flavor. The better the quality of the chocolate, especially when purchased at health food stores, the more iron it has. Don’t despair if milk chocolate is your favorite, for quality versions are high in calcium. Next time you have a sugar craving, don’t feel too bad if using healthy and smart ingredients.
Chocolate and Walnut Multigrain Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 tbsp./1 stick unsalted butter; room temperature
- 1/2-cup white sugar
- 1/2-cup brown sugar
- 2 organic eggs; room temperature
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1-1/2 cup flour
- 1/2-cup whole-wheat flour
- 2 cups rolled regular or multigrain oats (not instant)
- 1/4 tsp. fresh nutmeg
- A pinch of sea salt
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2-cup organic whole milk; room temperature
- 8 oz. of semi-sweet chocolate; roughly chopped
- 1-cup walnuts; roughly chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Cream butter and sugars in an electric mixer for at least five minutes or until creamy.
- Meanwhile, whisk flours, oats, nutmeg, sea salt and baking powder together. Set aside.
- Individually add eggs, beating after each addition until just incorporated. Add the vanilla.
- Add a third of the flour mixture in the cookie batter and mix until just incorporated. Add half the milk and mix until just incorporated. Continue alternating and ending with the flour.
- Stir in the chocolate and walnuts.
- Drop a tablespoon of the cookie batter onto the baking sheets at least one-inch apart. Bake for at least 12 to 17 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.
- Remove cookies from the oven and let rest for two minutes. Remove cookies onto a wire rack. Let cool.
Enjoy with your favorite unsweetened milk.
Thank you for publishing this magazine I enjoy the content. My problem is that I am allergic to nuts as well as soy. A lot of health recipies include both of soy and nuts. I also do not eat meat. I am looking for snacks to eat between meals. Do you think you will be publishing any receipies/ suggestions that do not contain any form of nuts or soy?
Thanks,
Lisa Ferguson
Hey, Lisa! Thanks for reading FrugivoreMag.com! Simply remove the walnuts from the above recipe and proceed with the rest of the directions (btw… this applies to most recipes). Also, use unsweetened rice milk in place of the soy milk. I’ve heard unsweetened hemp milk has more fat, which might make it a better and creamier substitute to soy. Hemp milk is made from the seeds or ‘nuts’ from the marijuana plant, but check with your doctor for allergy information about Hemp seed before using. Learn more about hemp milk at http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400584/High-on-Hemp-Milk.html. FrugivoreMag.com has recipes coming from various writers with different backgrounds, in which we all strive to offer diverse information about food and nutrition. I cannot promise that future recipes will be nut or soy free, but your request is a note in my head. Stay well and be healthy.
Commercially produced almond milk could be nice too. Definitely want to try these cookies with whole wheat flour too.
Dear Duo Dishes,
Almond Milk is made from NUTS! So What!