Ultra-Healthy Oatmeal Cookies (that actually taste good!)

Personally, Oatmeal Cookies have always been a favorite of mine. I'm a healthy person, and always looking for a healthy alternative to desserts... I am the queen of inventing recipes that somehow always end up with a disgusting result, but these....are another story! I cannot, in any way, shape or form keep up with my sister who is the queen of healthy living/coking, but I can try. So these cookies don't have any refined sugar, no butter, and no oil. Applesauce instead of oil, and honey in place of the sugar. They are definitely not as sweet as your typical chocolate chip cookie, but they are a nice treat to satisfy my frequent urge for a "cookie." I guess they are more like a muffin.... But try them out!

INGREDIENTS:

Dry ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups of Oats
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp Cinnamon (I actually use about 3 Tbsp--got to love the cinnamon)
• 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
• *I added 1 cup of blueberries and 1/2 cup Craisins and it adds a bit of sweetness to them!! Yummy!!

Wet ingredients

• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 Tablespoon Molasses (I used 100% pure maple syrup instead)
• 1 egg beat with 1 Tbsp Water)
• 1 tsp Vanilla

Prep:

1. In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together.

2. In a medium bowl, mix all the wet ingredients together. PS ( when measuring out the honey, spray the measuring cup with oil or baking spray--makes it so the honey won't stick)

3. Mix the wet stuff with the dry stuff. * Add the CRAISINS and BLUEBERRIES if you want* If the mixture seems too wet, add a bit of flour. If it isn't sticking together very well add an egg white.

4. COOL the mix for 20 minutes in the fridge.

5. Preheat the oven to 335 degrees (lower temperature due to the honey...they will burn easier)

6. Drop by spoonful onto your baking sheet

7. Bake for about 15 - 20 minutes or until golden.