Confession: these are not holiday cookies. These are any-time-of-the-year cookies. At just 90 calories a piece, I promise you can enjoy these guilt-free! Heck, enjoy three of them.
These cookies have the perfect balance of chewy oats, omega-3 packed walnuts and just enough chocolate chips to satisfy the sweet tooth.
Fortunately, it only requires 3 tablespoons of butter and has a healthy dose of whole wheat flour and flax seed meal to give you an all access pass to Guilt Free Cookie Land. You’re welcome.
See you in January, skinny jeans!
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Author: Liz DellaCroce | The Lemon Bowl
Nutrition Information
- Serves: 30
- Serving size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 90
- Fat: 4.1 g
- Saturated fat: 1.6 g
- Unsaturated fat: 2.5 g
- Trans fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 12.8 g
- Sugar: 8.1 g
- Sodium: 53 mg
- Fiber: 1.1 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 9 mg
Recipe type: Dessert
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that are heavy on the oats, not on the butter or flour.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter – room temperature
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup honey
- ½ cup brown sugar -packed
- 1 tablespoon water
- ½ cup whole wheat flour (or whole wheat pastry flour)
- 2 tablespoons flax seed meal
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups oats
- ½ cup walnuts – chopped
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with silicone baking sheet or spray with non-stick spray.
- In an electric mixer, beat together softened butter, honey, brown sugar, water and egg.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, flax seed meal, baking soda, salt and oats.
- With the mixer on medium speed, gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet using a rubber spatula to scrape down the sides periodically.
- When ingredients have just combined, remove from the mixer and stir in walnuts and chocolate chips.
- Using a small ice cream scoop or a tablespoon, scoop the dough onto baking sheets and bake until just browned, 11-13 minutes. Let cool before removing from the pan.
Notes
Be careful not to over bake these cookies. They are best cooked until just browned and then allowed to cool completely before eating.
{ 24 comments… read them below or add one }
Ooo…theses look yummy! Can you believe I still haven’t baked any cookies yet this holiday season??? Definitely want to try makin a gluten-free version of these yummy cookies!
These look SO INCREDIBLE.
Thank you my friend – they are my favorite way to kick a cookie craving to the curb.
Yep! Definitely need to action these. My grandmother made cookies that were similar that had a whole jar of peanut butter in the batter…yikes! These look much healthier and delicious!
omg – I love peanut butter!! I bet they are fantastic!!
Skinny jeans-approved! Love it
Great recipe!!! I am loving the flax and walnuts – I bet it adds such a nice crunch!
So glad someone appreciates my obsession with walnuts and flax – haha.
You should definitely try these – so good!
How come your cookies look so scrumptious and mine fall flat?!
Even my oatmeal ones, someone once said they wish for the traditional. 
Your look mighty delicious and I bet I could enjoy not only one but two!
You are too kind! I enjoyed three- lol.
add 1/2 tsp of baking powder for fluffier cookies
this recipe was great! my only change was I add 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/4c of peanut butter 
What an AWESOME tip!! Can’t wait to try it that way!! Thank you!!
I love the healthy twist on these cookies! I keep telling myself it is time to start baking healthier cookies and like you said…fit into those skinny jeans!
Great recipe- can’t wait to try it.
These cookies are the perfect win win! Let me know if you try them!
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are my favorite! I love that you made them healthier!!
These are one of my favorite ways to kick a chocolate chip cookie craving!!! Let me know if you give them a try!
I am loving the low calorie count on these cookies. And you’re right…they’re meant for any day of the year!
Made these today and they are delicious! I added another tablespoon of flaxseed and increased the water to 1/4 cup and added 1 Tbs molasses. I omitted the egg and used maple syrup instead of honey. Yummy!
Love that you added flaxseed – you’re my gal!!! xo
I am gonna try that. Gotta get some flax seeds. I have pomgrante and will throw some in it! Mmmm! No nuts for me (allergy and dislike).
Let me know what you think!! We love flax! Be sure to buy the meal so you can absorb the benefits.
What do you mean be sure buy meal? I got it as a seeds. I’ve seen ground ones. I’ve heard a lot positives on flax seeds.
and of course ill let you know how it is! My boys may not like. Lol
Leah – Flax seeds are great whole but unfortunately, the go in and out of the body without being aborbed which means you don’t get any of the nutritional benefits like omega 3′s. If you use flax seed meal (same thing as ground flax seed), your body gets all of the benefits!! You can grind it yourself in a food processor or blender which is why in smoothies, it doesn’t matter if it’s whole or ground. Of course, they are great for crunch whole but you might as well get the health benefits.
BAking these for the second time around right this minute! They are easy & yummy!!
{ 1 trackback }