Getting ready to make these yummy delights. I'll be adding dark chocolate chips of course, so that blows the low-fat out the window. However, it's LOWER fat than regular recipes and dark chocolate is a good source of antioxidants....so it's actually GOOD for you (well, in moderation). It's important to try out different substitutions to lower the "bad stuff" in recipes, and find what works for you. Unsweetened applesauce is my fav - and usually works out very well. If a recipe has a lot of oil/butter in it, you do better to only sub out half - and use a healthier oil (I usually use Canola for baking and Olive oil for most everything else) or better yet, find a different recipe :-O
Oh Yeah, I went there. Pics to follow....
So I made these cookies and have eaten a 1/2 dozen or so...wanted to make sure I gave an accurate description. and the verdict is - they're good. mine were actually VERY good, but I didn't follow the recipe exactly. After telling how great it was to use substitutions and how it's so good to use applesauce, I started making these with my girls and realized I used the last of the applesauce in the muffins yesterday. And you can't just tell a 7 & 9 year old you're not going to make chocolate chip cookies once you've started. That's just wrong. SOOOO, I used canola oil instead :P Not my first choice, but it was only a 1/4 cup, guess that's not too bad. I added the cinnamon, 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips AND 1/2 cup of mixed dried fruit. The combination of oatmeal, choc. and fruit was yummy. I'll be taking the rest to my mom and dad tomorrow. My dad is in the hospital....5 days post-bone marrow transplant for the treatment of leukemia. But that's a post for another day. (but to learn more about bone marrow transplants and to become a donor, visit http://www.marrow.org/!!!)
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