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Like chewy cookies? Make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Recipe for healthy chocolate chip cookies?

Well, a little healthier because oatmeal brings benefits and body.

Makes a more satisfying cookie with a chewy texture.

The oatmeal replaces about half of the all-purpose flour.

So the cookies are more substantial.

You eat fewer because you fill up faster! 

Combine chocolate chips and oatmeal for a healthier cookie recipe.

Your family will love the taste.

You'll appreciate the health benefits.

Health Benefits

This tasty cookie recipe blends dark chocolate health benefits with oatmeal's.

The result? Possibly a slight reduction in your risk for developing heart disease or diabetes.

Dr. Arnold Wald's article, Patient information: High Fiber Diet (reprinted on Medline) states that soluble fiber like that found in oats may...

• cut your risk of developing coronary artery disease
• reduce your risk of stroke by 40 to 50%
• make you less likely to develop type 2 diabetes

Besides soluble fiber oatmeal adds protein, potassium and iron.

No that doesn't make these cookies a health food. But it does make them a little healthier.

The traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe is delicious. But these are more nutritious.

So enough chatter time to make the batter! Ok it's really dough, I know.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

1 cup (220g) margarine

3/4 cup (151g) brown sugar, packed

1 cup (192g) granulated sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons (6g) of vanillaextract

1 teaspoon (5g) salt

1 teaspoon (4g) baking soda

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups (149g) all-purpose flour

3 cups (241g) of quick oats 

1 bag of chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C/gas 5).

In a medium mixing bowl beat the margarine and sugars together until creamy.

Add vanilla, salt, baking soda and eggs, mix well.

Blend in the flour and oats. Scrape the bowl and mix another 30 seconds.

Add 1 bag of your favorite chocolate chips. Or whatever amount you wish. Mix about 30 seconds.

Mix too long and and the chips might disintegrate. That'll just spread the chocolate more evenly throughout the dough.

Use a cookie scoop or drop the dough by rounded teaspoons onto the cookie sheet.

Bake for about 10 minutes or till lightly browned.

Cool your home baked cookies about 5 minutes. Remove from pan.

Oh yeah, time to sample your chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Hurry before the stampede begins!

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a great way to sneak some healthy fiber into your family's diet. The chewy oatmeal cookies are so tasty they'll never suspect. They won't have a clue as to what you're trying to do. But you'll know that you're treating them to a slightly reduced risk of disease.

How about healthier chocolate chip cookies in a box? No baking!

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