Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. 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.

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 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 have Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

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

For a healthy oatmeal chocolate-chip cookie that is. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Chewy and loaded with dark chocolate chips, these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect HEALTHY treat. These delicious cookies are made with just a few simple pantry ingredients but packed with flavor and nutrients.

Healthy Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies instructions

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

Made WITHOUT REFINED SUGAR, and whole grain, these oatmeal cookies make tasty breakfast, kids school snack or afternoon. 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. You can also use fast cooking porridge oats or ground oats for even softer oatmeal cookies. These chocolate oatmeal cookies are great for breakfast, a lunch treat, a mid-meal snack, and a dessert.