Guiltless Oatmeal Cookie Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie with a large fork dipped in sugar.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir oats, bananas, applesauce, raisins, almond milk, vanilla extract, and cinnamon together in a bowl until evenly mixed; drop by the spoonful onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• preheat oven to 375.
• mix applesauce and add sugar gradually.
• add eggs, milk and vanilla. beat well.
• add flour, salt and soda.
• stir in remaining ingredients.
• Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet (i prefer parchment paper).
• bake for 13 minutes.
• cool on pan then transfer to rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cover baking sheets (may need 2) with aluminum foil.
• Peel and mash bananas in a large bowl.
• Stir in all other ingredients except oats.
• Add oats, one cup at a time.
• Using an ice cream scoop, place mixture on baking about an inch apart (they will not spread).
• Bake for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a blender, process 1 1/2 cups oats into a fine meal. Whisk together ground oats, cornstarch, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, using a mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. With mixer on low, gradually add oat mixture, beating until combined. Fold in chocolate chips, raisins, and remaining 3 cups oats.
• In batches, drop dough in 2-tablespoonful mounds onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake until cookies are golden brown at edges, 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool on sheet on a wire rack 2 minutes, then transfer to rack and let cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container, at room temperature, up to 5 days, or in freezer, up to 1 month.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas with a fork until no longer lumpy. If bananas aren't very ripe, a hand mixer may be used. Stir in oil, oats, chocolate chips, and vanilla.
• Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
• For each cookie, spoon about 2 tablespoons of cookie mixture (or more depending on how big you want the cookie) onto the cookie sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
• **IF batter seems a little dry, add a little milk to moisten.
• Variations: Instead of chocolate chips add raisins or craisins. Chopped walnuts are great in these cookies. Or, try coconut oil instead of canola oil.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large bowl, combine the oats, cranberries, and walnuts.
• In a medium bowl, combine the banana, oil, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda until well blended.
• Add banana mixture to oat mixture, stirring to combine. Let stand 15 minutes.
• Lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets.
• Bake 14 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Let cool on sheets 1 minute.
• Transfer cookies to wire racks; cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days (or freeze in airtight bags/containers).

Steps:

• Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars.
• Add eggs and vanilla, mixing well. Stir in dry ingredients, mix well.
• Form into balls about 1 1/2" in diameter, press down lightly on parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.