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Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies {Healthy, Whole Wheat}

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These cookies are healthier than your typical ones and are pretty enough to give as gifts!

These Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies are made healthier than others and still taste delicious!I am on my never ending quest to try to maintain balance during the holidays.  It’s not easy.  I know you all can relate.  If you are like me you tend to eat more than normal (whether out of stress or lack of time to prepare meals and snacks).  I love to make these classic holiday cookies healthier than the ordinary kind.  These are made with whole wheat flour, unrefined sugar, oats and flax seed.  And because we need a little fun (I mean, it IS the holidays!) I added just 1/4 cup mini holiday  M & M’s!  No one will miss all that processed sugar and added junk. Promise.

These Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies are made healthier than others and still taste delicious!
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Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies

Servings 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • ¾ cup oats
  • ½ cup ground flaxseed
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • ½ cup unrefined sugar
  • ¼ cup coconut oil softened
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup mini holiday M & M's

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Place oats in food processor or blender and blend until powdery.
  3. Pour into a medium size bowl and add flour, flaxseed, baking soda, baking powder, salt and beat with electric mixer until combined. Add applesauce, sugar , coconut oil and vanilla extract while continuing to beat with the electric mixer.
  4. Add chocolate chips and M & M's and stir to combine.
  5. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto undressed cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.
  6. bake for about 12-5 minutes until golden brown. Cook on cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack until completely cooled.

See how easy these are?  I love all of the pretty decorated cut out cookies and fancy cakes and bars, but sometimes you just need simple, (healthy), classic cookies.  At least I do!

These Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies are made healthier but still taste delicious!What is your favorite holiday cookie?  I am happy to share my favorite with you!

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  1. Oh I’m loving these, they are so pretty too! And love the good stuff in them…
    I have a hard time picking a favorite but I am a sucker for oatmeal raisin cookies 🙂

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  10. Hi there! I found this recipe on pinterest and tried making them, but my dough turned out all crumbly and relatively dry. I followed the recipe exact! Do you know why this might have happened? I’m not sure if it’s the brand of wheat flour or coconut oil I used? Have you had this happen?

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    • Hi Tiffany, I am so sorry that happened. I make these all the time and they aren’t crumbly. Was your coconut oil softened? That’s the only thing I can think of?

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