Scrappin': Deceivingly Healthy Oatmeal Cookies

Dear Friends and Followers (and hopefully some who are both),

It's been a while, and seeing as I have four finals next week, this will just be a short recipe post to let you know I'm thinking of you. I have one week left before I head home for summer (to get married!), so I've been cleaning out/eating out my cupboards. This means extensive creativity in my cooking. But a couple adaptions to one of the oatmeal cookie recipes off chocolatecoveredkatie.com gave me these gems. Adapt to your own scrap foods as necessary.

Deceivingly Healthy Oatmeal Cookies (makes 20 small cookies at about 55 calories each)



Ingredients:
1 1/2 c. oatmeal (I have quick-cooking oats)
1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
1/4 c. brown sugar
3 T Stevia in the raw (or granulated sugar)

2 T oil (I used coconut oil)
2 T milk (I used almond milk; water will work in a pinch)
6-12 pitted dates, chopped
1/2 t. vanilla
cocoa beans (I had these already; chocolate chips would work, but the cookies don't absolutely require these)

Blend all dry ingredients until oatmeal is finely ground; mix in wet ingredients. Form into 20 cookies (for an accurate calorie count), and cook on a greased cookie sheet. (I actually just put everything into our food processor, and chopped it until it formed the dough for me.)

Bake 7-10 minutes at 350 degrees until slightly browned on edges (keep a close eye--these don't need to be baked as long as normal cookies). Enjoy!

Happy End of April!