GREAT Very Low Fat Oatmeal Cookies

Makes 3 dozen of the yummiest cookies around. No margarine and very little oil!!

1 cup flour
1 1/3 cup rolled oats, uncooked
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 Tablespoons oil
1/2 cup splenda (I used sugar cause splenda costs too much in Israel)
1/2 cup Demarara sugar (I used brown)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

Put flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix together. Combine other ingredients and stir in. Add flour mixture and stir (I didn't use a mixer for this. Just my bare hands!)

Wet hands and form small balls. Place 2 inches apart ona lined cookie sheet. Press down slightly with a wet fork.

Bake for 9-10 minutes or until bottoms are brown.

Taken from Mishpacha (Tamar Ansch, I think)

Silver Member Joined: Dec 13 2006 Posts: 834

Keep the lowfat cookie recipes coming! They sound great-can't wait to try them.

Diamond Member Joined: May 15 2007 Posts: 3669

do u think I can add choc chips to this? would it make it taste like a cross between choc chips and oat cookies??
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Sounds good to me...

Diamond Member Joined: May 15 2007 Posts: 3669

I just whipped up a batch of these!! they are great! felt so good to give to my son and know they are healthy!
thanks alot!

Executive Member Joined: Jun 11 2005 Posts: 336

what is Demarara sugar ????

It's light brown and it's supposed to be healthier than brown sugar because sometimes there are additives in brown sugar.

Posted: Fri, Feb 15 2008, 11:16 am Post subject:

These sound great. I'm going to try & make them before Shabbos.

Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2008, 11:14 am Post subject:

I made them for Shabbos but didn't have applesauce so I put 1/4 c oil & I added raisins. They were great!

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48159

Active Poster Joined: Oct 01 2006 Posts: 59

Thank you Chossid mom, I just made these cookies and they are amazing!!!

I used oil instead of applesauce, and added chocolate chips.

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 26 2006 Posts: 4316

Ok, I will have to try these also.

Posted: Sun, Aug 03 2008, 1:50 am Post subject:

Thank you! I tried supposedly low-fat cookies before, but they all needed more flour and much more oil than this recipe.

Do you think I can make these with spelt or whole wheat flour instead of white?

Maybe I'll make it tomorrow.

I noticed some of you used oil instead of applesauce. Is applesauce a substitute to oil?

Last edited by ChossidMom on Sun, Aug 03 2008, 3:57 am; edited 1 time in total

Oooooh, Cookielady herself is going to try "my" recipe! I'm honored!!!

raisins are a good idea for oatmean cookies.

Gold Member Joined: Feb 13 2007 Posts: 1264

Does this recipe make chewy or crispy cookies?

Active Poster Joined: Oct 01 2006 Posts: 59

mine came out chewy.
I took some to work today, everyone loved it!!

Posted: Mon, Aug 04 2008, 12:40 pm Post subject:

I did it again yesterday with applesauce & c. chips, but they came out very thin & not firm - yummy anyway.