1/2 c. all purpose flour
1 c. whole wheat flour
1/4 c. almond meal (I grind my own with a food processor)
1/4 c. oat bran
1/4 c. flaxseed meal
1/4 c. wheat germ
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1 1/2 sticks butter (or 3/4 c. of crisco for those with a dairy allergy)
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs
1/3 c. brown sugar
1/3 c. white sugar
1/4 c. sugar substitute
2 c. chocolate chips (Sunspire chips are dairy free)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine all dry ingredients except the sugars. Set aside. Beat butter, sugars, and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.
Spread onto jelly roll pan and bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Or for cookies, drop onto pan and bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
limeandlemon said
yummy this sounds really good .. Laila .. http://limeandlemon.wordpress.com
Vicci said
Lisa, these look very interesting! Two questions:
1) Is flaxseed meal the same thing as gound flaxseed? I do have those tiny little flaxseeds on hand but I’m not sure what form they would take to create “meal”
2) If I don’t use sugar substitute, can I sub an equal amount of granulated white sugar? Or is the substitute sweeter than “regular” sugar and I’d have to adjust?
I love the fact that they don’t have to be made into individual cookies!
~Vicci
Lisa said
Hi Vicci!
1. Yes, flaxseed meal and ground flaxseed are the same thing. You can grind your flaxseeds in a coffee grinder or food processor, which is something that needs to be done in order to get the full nutritional benefit.
2. Sure. The substitute is the same sweetness, so it would be fine to sub white sugar.
Let me know how they turn out for you and if you have any suggestions for making them better.
Lisa said
I recently made this recipe without any of the sugar substitute (just 1/3 c. of brown and a 1/3 c. of white sugar) and it turned out just fine.