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The Heart-Healthiest Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World

Vegetarian Times Issue: February 1, 2009   p.69

When you replace butter and eggs with ground walnuts, and all-purpose flour with a blend of oat flour and oatmeal, you get a moist, chewy, vegan cookie that’s loaded with good-for-your-heart ingredients.

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray, or line with parchment paper.

2. Blend walnuts in food processor 30 seconds, or until ground into a fine meal. Add canola oil, and blend 2 to 3 minutes more, or until mixture has the consistency of natural peanut butter, scraping down sides of food processor occasionally. Transfer to bowl.

3. Whisk together brown sugar and ½ cup water in small saucepan, and bring mixture to a boil. Pour brown sugar mixture over ground walnut butter, add vanilla extract, and stir until no lumps remain.

4. Whisk together oat flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in separate bowl. Stir oat flour mixture into walnut mixture. Cool 10 minutes. Fold in oats, then chocolate chips.

5. Shape cookie dough into 2-inch balls, and place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Flatten cookies with bottom of drinking glass dipped in water. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until cookies begin to brown and tops look dry. Cool 3 minutes on baking sheets, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

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ingredient list

Makes 30 cookies

  • 3 Tbs. canola oil
  • 2 cups walnuts
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups oat flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 3 3.5-oz. bars bittersweet vegan chocolate, chopped, or 1½ cups vegan chocolate chips (12 oz.)

Nutritional Information

Per :

Calories 173
Protein 3g
Total fat 10g
Saturated fat 3g
Carbs 21g
Cholesterol mg
Sodium 122mg
Fiber 2g
Sugars 12g
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Comments

By Elizabeth on Apr 05, 2009:
These are the most amazing cookies! They are moist, chewy, delicious, and everyone loves them.
By Mallory on Apr 26, 2009:
These don't look anything like the picture posted with this recipe--but they are fantastic! They are extremely oaty and have a texture much like a no-bake cookie. I was not able to get the walnut to grind into a smooth consistency without adding a lot more oil, so I used a hand-mixer to make the brown sugar mixture and walnut butter lump free instead. I made 21 plump cookies because I don't like my cookies flat. Moist, tender, and pretty healthy!
By Emily on May 07, 2009:
I loved these cookies and so did my 6 year old!! Full of flavor and very moist. I would highly recommend these cookies to anyone...not only vegetarians/vegans.
By Dana on May 08, 2009:
Wow, were these good! No one will say that these are good "for a vegan cookie" they are just plain good. What a bonus that they are healthful! Very moist and very chewy!
By bunnysgirl on May 19, 2009:
really delicious!!
By tofukitten on May 24, 2009:
Absoltely amazing! Sprinkle the tops with maple sugar before baking for an extra little burst of flavor.
By Lynn on Jun 23, 2009:
Awesome cookies! Even my son that won't eat walnuts loved them and said they were the best chocolate chip cookies he has ever had!
By tofulicious24 on Jun 26, 2009:
I made these cookies and I guess 10 minutes wasn't enough to cool down the dough bc when I added the chocolate chip cookies, they were melting all over!
These were really healthy and delicious! I think I am going to remake them tonight!
By karen on Jul 01, 2009:
These cookies are incredibly easy and absolutely taste amazing! I recommend trying whole wheat oats and adding dried cheeries. For those who may have had problems with the chips melting... simply put them into the freezer 20 to 30 mins. before adding to cooled mixture.
By sarah on Jul 29, 2009:
These are the true, true bomb-diggity. I skip the cinnamon, and in place of two cups oats, use 1/2 C whole wheat flour, and 1 1/2 C oats. NO ONE will know that these are 'healthy.'
By Mary Ruth on Aug 11, 2009:
Are these cookies still heart healthy when you eat the whole batch at one sitting?
By Alyssa on Sep 05, 2009:
These are fab! I am an AVID goodie baker at my home and am always looking for healthy, yet still delicious recipes. I am actually going for a majoring in nutrition right now. anyway, my dad has high cholesterol and am always trying to get him to eat heart healthy (oats, walnuts etc). the thing is is that he HATES walnuts! like he will REFUSE to eat anything with walnuts. so when i stumbled upon this recipe with the ground up walnuts... i was so excited to try it and didn't expect the cookies to taste anymore than "healthy". wow, these were great, and didn't taste "just healthy", they really were pretty delicious. the only thing i did was add an entire bag of natural semi-sweet chips instead of vegan (couldn't find them). they were super chocolately! could've easily used a little less chocolate chips. (i probably used 2c instead of the 1.5c) anyways, these are great, yummy, and super satisfying! TRY THEM-- you won't be dissapointed.
By sierra on Sep 23, 2009:
i love them they r amazing
By Kara White on Oct 22, 2009:
I couldn't find oat flour, so I substituted gluten-free flour, and they were still delicious. I loved them.
By Tracee on Oct 25, 2009:
These are very good. I agree that the batter needs to cool longer than 10 minutes or else you end up with chocolate cookies (still good, not chocolate CHIP cookies.
By Lydia on Oct 31, 2009:
OMG. I just made these and boy are they yum-o-licious!!!
By Diane S. on Nov 14, 2009:
I made these a couple of weeks ago and they were a hit with the kids and myself. My husband doesn't like oats so he didn't like them but still I'll definitely make them again for us!

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