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Light and chewy Oatmeal Cookies!
Sometimes you just gotta have a warm chewy cookie! The recipes for low carb and low fat oatmeal cookies are usually tasteless and soooo dry! Here's a lightened up recipe (from my light cooking "Bible" the America's Test Kitchens Cookbook.) that I was able to take it even lower - without sacrificing taste or texture.
Pamper yourself with comfort food... lightened-up Oatmeal Cookies!
Oatmeal cookies... comfort food for me, but the recipes for the lighter versions are usually soooo dry! Here's a lightened up recipe (from my light cooking "Bible" from America's Test Kitchens.) I was able to take it even lower - without sacrificing taste or texture.
Healthy Recipe: Apple Pear Oatmeal Crisp
It's harvest time for apples and pears, and nothing says Autumn like warm crisp featuring both Fall fruits. Here is a variation of a recipe from RecipeZaar. I substituted a few things like Sucanat for brown sugar, whole wheat flour for all-purpose flour, and Earth Balance margarine in place of butter.
Oatmeal Tips
Oatmeal can be a healthy, delicious, filling breakfast. However, if you buy pre-flavored varieties, you are inevitably adding sugar, salt, and more calories. It is much smarter to buy plain oatmeal and add the variations yourself.
Creamy Banana Walnut Oatmeal
Makes 1 servings
Prep Time: 3 min
Cook Time: 3 min
Ingredients
1 cup fat free skim or 1% lowfat milk
2 packets instant oatmeal
1/2 ripe banana, mashed
1/2 tablespoon chopped walnuts
In a small bowl, combine milk and packets of oatmeal; Microwave on high for 1 to 2 minutes until steaming hot, but not boiling. Stir until creamy. Stir in mashed banana.
vegan oatmeal cookies
the recipe calls them 'vegan oatmeal cookies.'
i call them 'wonderful little disks of chewy, sweet, delicious, cookie-like goodness that also happen to contain no animal-derived ingredients.'
these satisfy my sweet tooth perfectly.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
I had made these Oatmeal Raisin cookies for nurse's week the other day and everyone loved them! So of course, I thought I would share...
Recipe was taken from Allrecipes.com
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Submitted By: Darlene
Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, softened (1 1/2 sticks) - [I only used 1/2 cup (1 stick)]
3/4 cup white sugar - [I only used 1/2 cup]
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon - [I added a bit more for taste]
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 3/4 cups rolled oats
1 cup raisins - [I actually put in 1 1/2 cup]
I took the advice of some of the reviewers and added a dash of ground nutmeg, cloves, and ginger as well.
Banana Oatmeal Smoothie
1 cup low-fat milk
1 cup orange juice
1 medium banana - cut into pieces
1 pack of instant oatmeal - regular or unflavored
3 or 4 ice cubes
This is so easy. Just place all ingredients in the blender and blend for a minute or so until smooth.
Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins - Whole Wheat
I got this recipe from SparkPeople and have made it about 6 times in the past couple months! They are yummy and filling. Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins Ingredients: 1 cup old fashion rolled oats (not instant) 1 cup non-fat milk 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce 2 egg whites 1 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tsp.Cookie Monster's Basket
Lately, I've been all about the gifts and goodies - looking for new ideas to share and fun things to make for friends and family. Therefore, the majority of my time in the library has been reserved to this particular section.
And, well, this weekend, Jackpot!
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