Best Healthy Oatmeal Date And Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipes

Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies image

Provided by Ina Garten

Categories dessert

Time 45m

Yield 28 to 32 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/4 cups old-fashioned oats, such as Quaker
3/4 pound bittersweet chocolate, such as Lindt, chopped in chunks
3/4 cup dried cranberries
Fleur de sel

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 3 sheet pans with parchment paper.
In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar on medium-high speed for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. On low speed, add the vanilla, then the eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the bowl again.
Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Mix in the oats. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture. Don't overbeat it! With a rubber spatula, stir in the chocolate and cranberries until the dough is well mixed. With a 1 3/4-inch ice cream scoop (or two spoons), scoop round balls of dough onto the prepared sheet pans. Sprinkle lightly with fleur de sel. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until nicely browned. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Oatmeal, Date, Pecan and Chocolate Chip Cookies image

Provided by Leah Balk

Yield Makes about 2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup chopped pitted dates (about 5 ounces)
3/4 cup chopped pecans (about 3 ounces)
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease 2 heavy large cookie sheets. Mix first 4 ingredients together in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, cream butter and both sugars in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Mix in oatmeal mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough about 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Flatten cookies slightly with spoon. Bake until brown, about 10 minutes. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheets. Transfer cookies to rack and cool completely. (Can be prepared 4 days ahead. Store in airtight container.)

Date Oatmeal Cookies With Milk Chocolate Chips image

Provided by Ceezie

Time 25m

Yield 4-6 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 13

1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/3-1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups oatmeal (either old fashioned or quick cooking)
1 teaspoon apple pie spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
8 ounces chopped dates (sugared)
1 cup milk chocolate chips
sugar, in the raw

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream the shortening, butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix together well.
Add flour, baking soda, spices and oatmeal. Mix in dates and chocolate chips.
Scoop out a tbsp of dough onto a parchement paper lined cookie sheet. Get 2 plates one with a bit of water on it and one with sugar in the raw. Dip the bottom of a glass in the water then in the sugar in the raw. Press this on top of the cookie just to flatten, repeat with each cookie.
Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Option: Instead of using milk chocolate chips get a chocolate bar break along the individual lines and lay on a cookie as it comes out of the oven. Top with another hot cookie and move to rack to cool.