Healthy Oatmeal Cookies!

This recipe looks awesome.

I have a bad habit of trying to healthify everything. There have been both good and utterly disastrous experiences with this. I remember one time I tried to make a healthy vegan version of chocolate chip “cookies” (note the quotation marks). I replaced all the flour for whole wheat, as well as the oil for applesauce, flax for egg, raisins for chocolate chips, etc. I ended up with what were henceforth dubbed as the “hippie cookie-scones”. They were super dense and utterly tasteless. On the bright side I certainly learned my lesson about having too much of a good thing. I’m thinking your recipe will turn out much much better.

My favorite oatmeal cookies are actually just oats, mashed banana, and fruity mix-ins like dates and they’re surprisingly delicious and healthy.

I can’t stand to make recipes their original way, especially if it involves dumping half a cup of oil into something. I just can’t do it!

I usually stick to recipes that already are healthy, since I don’t trust myself in the kitchen and don’t want to waste food on a bad experiment.

Awesome, simple recipe! I’m gonna have to make these soon…. I’ve “healthified” a number of quickbread and cookie recipes – some for the better, some not so much for the better (let’s be honest, sometimes you just need a dessert to be a DESSERT 😉 )

Those looks fantastic, Katie!! I healthify recipes all the time- cake, bread, cookies, ice cream..it’s a good way to get creative 🙂

Really links are cool?

Here’s my master Recipe link where you can find everything
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/p/recipes.html

Ok I healthified Reeses PB Cups –High Raw Vegan

I also made Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies into high raw vegan fudge

And on my site I have recipes for Girl Scout Cookie Samoaos (Raw Vegan GF)

And also have Peppermint Patties veganized too

Pretty much you name it, I’ve tried. And of course sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, I made pumpkin pie Vegan GF and Soyfree. So I have been busy making things not only just “healthy” but that I can eat them as nearly all commercially made food is either not vegan or not GF. Bummers for me, so I made my own!

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It depends who will be eating the treats! Since I am low-gluten, I generally stick to cookies made from only 1 cup nut butter and 1 cup sweetener (or less because dang that makes the cookies super sweet), and it’s hard to change that recipe too much.

When I am baking for my family, I try to keep the goods cholesterol-free so that my dad can eat them, too.

When baking for my boyfriend…I can pretty much do whatever I want and he will think it’s great.

I absolutely believe that any recipe can be made in a way that’s healthier while still tasting delicious. In fact, being from an Italian, food-centric family, I’ve kind of made it my mission to come up with comforting, tasty treats.

A few dishes that people wouldn’t think could be low-cal that I’ve reinvented include a hearty bolognese sauce, country fried steak, and quiche. These recipes and others can be found at: http://thetreadmilldiaries.com/recipes/.

Thanks for letting me ramble on about my passion. 🙂

Haha, love the curly ribbon accent!
I healthified my mom’s graham cracker brownie recipe a few months ago using PB &Co Dark Chocolate Dreams. Here’s the recipe if you’re interested: http://ilovepeanutbutter.com/recipes/peanut-butter-graham-cookie-bars/

These look so nice! I’m either going to make these today, or some boatmeal! =D A quick question: how do you keep so organised with your previous posts and know where they all are to link back to them and stuff?