Whole Wheat Oatmeal Chocolate Chip & Carrot Cookies.

I ended up with a lot of carrots last week. We don't have a horse, but my son does love them. but, still, that is a lot of carrots. So, I started pinning on Pinterest. Carrot Pancakes, Carrot Cake.. I even looked at some cookies. But, nothing I saw was what I had in mind when I started to envision a carrot cookie. I didnt want frosting on it. I didnt want it to taste like cake. If I want cake, I will make cake. I like my cookies chewy.
So, I took a recipe that I have used and tweaked it. I used all whole wheat flour. I cut back on the sugars, eliminated the raisins, added some chocolate chips and some carrots, and voila, this cookie was baked. And, they turned out good. not too cakey, but, just a touch raised. and, chewy. I also really liked the flavor of the whole wheat and the carrots. This one is a keeper.

Whole Wheat Oatmeal Chocolate Chip & Carrot Cookies.

1/2 cup butter

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 teas vanilla

1 c oats

1 c whole wheat flour

1/2 teas baking powder

1/2 teas baking soda

1/2 teas salt

1/2 teas cinnamon

1 c chocolate chips

1/2 cup carrot, grated thin.

cream butter and sugars, add egg and vanilla. whip to combine.

in a separate bowl, whisk together flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

add this to the wet mixture. stir to combine. (the batter might seem a little dry, but the added carrots shouls alleviate this. )

add the carrots and the chocolate chips.

preheat oven to 350. line pan with silpat or parchment.

spoon hefty Tablespoon of dough. (I got about 18)

Bake for 10-12 minutes until slightly golden and dry to the touch.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

I want a cookie, damn it.

For the last week, I have been debating whether to make these healthy cookies. I havent gotten around to it and in the meantime made some pretty healthy muffins instead. Said muffins aren't disappearing like I envisioned. It certainly doesn't help that there are 12 of them and T is out of town. Z likes them and I do too, but they just arent the 'stuffing-your-face' type.

That said, they are still staring me in the face, but I want a cookie.

Not any cookie will do. Its gotta be chocolate chip, and its gotta have oats in it.

I have been doing pretty good lately, not eating so many sweets. really. only a few chocolate chips in peanut butter each night. or, a pumpkin cookie. But, last night, I had a pint of ice cream in my freezer. my favorite BJ flavor, chocolate mint cookie. and, I had more than a few bites. and, I think it helped me sleep. so, the spiral downward begins.

where is that cookie.

So, I made these.

these were oatmeal and chocolate chip made with a little spice and a little bit of wheat flour, just to kid myself.

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup oats

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup wheat flour

1/2 teas baking powder

1/2 teas baking soda

1/2 teas salt

1/2 teas cinnamon

1/8 teas nutmeg

1 cup chocolate chips.

no, I didnt plan for all the measurements to be in 1/2 or 1. but, what an easy recipe to remember!

cream butter and sugars. add vanilla and egg, cream. premix and then add the dry ingredients. add the chocolate chips.

bake at 350 around 12 minutes. longer if you like em crunchier. makes just shy of 2 dozen.