Chocolate Oat Bran Cookies With Chocolate Chips Recipes

HEARTY OATMEAL & BRAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; blend into creamed mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips, cereal, bran, rolled oats and peanuts.
• Preheat oven at 375 degrees.
• Form small balls unto greased baking sheets (for chewy cookies leave in a ball, for crispier cookies flatten a bit).
• Bake in oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on racks.

OAT-BRAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the remaining ingredients. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CHOCOLATE OAT BRAN COOKIES WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Mix oat bran and water, let stand at room temperature for 30-45 minutes .
• (This timing is very important.) Cream margarine, sugar and sugar substitute together until light and fluffy.
• Add egg whites and vanilla and mix at medium speed for 30 seconds Scrape down the bowl Stir flour, cocoa, soda, dry buttermilk and salt together to blend well.
• Add to the creamed mixture along with the oat bran mixture and mix at medium speed to blend.
• Add chocolate chips to dough Drop by tablespoonful onto cookie sheets that have been sprayed with pan spray or lined with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 375° for 12 minutes.
• (The cookies will not be crisp if they are not baked the full length of time.) Remove from hot cookie sheets to wire racks to cool.
• Use 1 cookie per serving.
• This recipe is a good source of fiber.
• Food exchanges per serving (1 cookie): 2/3 bread and 1 fat Low sodium diets: omit salt, use salt-free margarine Low-cholesterol diets: May be used as written.