Wheat Germ Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP WHEAT GERM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line a cookie pan with parchment paper or baking mat; set aside.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, oats, and wheat germ together; set aside.
• In an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars on medium speed until fluffy. Add an egg and vanilla extract. Beat well for 2 minutes.
• Add the dry ingredient mixture and stir until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and chopped pecans.
• Using a cookie scoop or spoon, take 3 tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball. Place cookie balls on a prepared pan, spacing apart about 2-inch in between.
• Wet your fingers with water and press down the cookie balls slightly. Bake them in a preheated 350˚F oven for 12-14 minutes. Let the cookies rest on a pan for 2 minutes. Transfer them to a cooling rack and cool completely.

WHEAT GERM COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time then stir in the vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the oats, wheat germ, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture. Finally, mix in the coconut, pecans, and dates. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for a couple minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Serve and enjoy.

PEANUT BUTTER WHEAT GERM COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter and peanut butter with sugar, then beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in dry ingredients. Form into balls on cookie sheet (ungreased, preferably with baking parchment) of whatever size you like and flatten to about half the ball thickness- use the typical criss-cross fork pattern if you like a traditional look. Bake at 350 degrees Farenheit for 8-10 minutes, watching carefully to check degree of browning, and remove to racks for cooling.

HARRIET'S WHEAT GERM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Cream together the oil, both sugars, eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• Add the flour mixture to the oil mixture and mix well.
• Add the oatmeal, coconut, wheatgerm, nuts, flaxmeal and chocolate chips, mixing well after each addition.
• Drop spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. You may have to shape them with your fingers a bit in order to get them to stick together. Flatten slightly. You should get exactly 12 cookies on a standard baking sheet.
• Bake for 10-11 minutes. They may not appear done, but take them out of the oven anyway.
• Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing the cookies to a cooling rack.
• Makes 3-4 dozen.