"Healthy" Cookie Recipe

I'm pregnant and looking for cookies that contain at least a FEW nutrients that I need. These are delicious (taste like the fabulous Folk Fest cookies sold at Tall Grass Prairie Bakery in Winnipeg, MB)!

Farmland Flax Cookies

Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Makes 108 cookies.

325 ml or 1 1/3 cups butter
300 ml or 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
375 ml or 1 ½ cups lightly packed brown sugar
575 ml or 2 1/3 cups flax seed
3 large eggs
7 ml or 1 ½ tsp vanilla
825 ml or 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
15 ml or 1 tbsp baking soda
750 ml or 3 cups oatmeal

In a bowl, cream butter and sugars; add flax seed. In another bowl, beat eggs and vanilla together. Combine with flax mixture.

Sift together the flour and soda. Mix in oatmeal and combine with other ingredients.

Form dough into 4 cm (1.5 inches) round logs. Place in freezer and chill.

Slice into 0.5 cm (1/4 inch) medallions. Place on baking sheet leaving about 5 cm (2 inches) between cookies. Bake 13 to 15 minutes. Remove from sheet and cool.

*Caitlin's Modifications: Substitute 1 cup flour with 1 cup whole wheat flour and add a whole bunch of miniature chocolate chips! (A cookie without chocolate is like a book without words).