Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Every time I am in the mood to bake, I ask Josh for suggestions, he always gives me the same response, “make your oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.” They are really good cookies, a true classic, but I like to pretend my kitchen is a lab. I love experimenting with new recipes and ingredients. I get bored making the same recipe all of the time. I decided to mix things up and use whole wheat flour to make chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.
I wasn’t sure how the whole wheat flour would affect the cookies, but they turned out great! I think I love these even more than my standard recipe. The cookies were crisp on the edges and soft and chewy in the middle. The whole wheat flour added a slight nutty and wholesome flavor.
Josh wasn’t home when I baked these, so I asked him to guess the “secret ingredient.” He is not very good at this game, he was guessing everything but whole wheat flour. When I told him I used all whole wheat flour, he was surprised. The cookies are not dense or “healthy” tasting, they are just delicious:)
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened to room temperature
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 T milk (I used skim)
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Using a mixer, cream the sugars with the softened butter for about two minutes.
- Add in the egg, vanilla, and milk. Mix until smooth.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, with the mixer on low. Mix just until flour disappears. Don’t over mix.
- Stir in the oats and chocolate chips by hand.
- Form rounded cookie dough balls, using about 1 T of dough. Place dough balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat.
- Bake cookies for 11-12minutes or until lightly golden around the edges. Let cookies sit on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes to set up. Then move to a cooking rack. Makes around 2 dozen cookies.
If you like these cookies, you might also like:
Whole Wheat Cranberry Cookies from Andrea’s Recipes
Malted Whole Wheat Cookies from Cafe Johnsonia
Whole Wheat Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies from Pinch My Salt
Homemade Graham Crackers from Two Peas and Their Pod
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Making these now….Just ate one out of the oven they are awesome! Added some pecans to 1/2 the batch. I loving them!
I googled for healthy chocolate chip cookies and found your recipe in the results list. I selected yours because it had a reasonable amount of sugar and fat, and everyday ingredients
So often you find “healthy” recipes and they might reduce the fat, but they add a boat load of sugar. Yikes!
I only have one type of flour in the house, and that is whole wheat, and it’s usually Bob’s Red Mill. I try to keep ingredients/products to a minimum to save money, save shelf space, and reduce waste and anxiety. I haven’t used white flour in decades. I make bread, cakes and cookies all with whole wheat.
I reduced the sugar, brown sugar and butter all by 1/4 and replaced with 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce (affordable and easily available at grocery store) and baked them twice as long. I like drier cookies. I also added a teaspoon of cinnamon, a dash of nutmeg, and some peanut butter. I might try replacing all the sugar next time with applesauce, or add some cocoa powder, or replace the butter with peanut butter. I did divide the cookies up into several small containers and put them in the freezer for portion control. Now we can grab a cookie and run
This recipe is a keeper! Thank you.
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I have made this recipe 3 times and doubled it 2 of the times. Highest cookie reviews I have ever received…thanks to you. I used light brown sugar & 2 % milk and all was muy bueno! Gracias:)
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Holy yum! Made these yesterday and boy were they so good! Next time I am going to cut the sugar a bit. Thanks for the great recipe!
twopeas replied: — April 2nd, 2011 @ 1:28 pm
Glad you enjoyed the cookies.
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Looks simple enough going to try this soon.
Just made these and they are SO good! Will definitely be making these again!
Two Peas replied: — January 19th, 2012 @ 11:20 pm
They are one of my favorites too!
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