Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Without Sugar

Ingredients:

1 ¼ cup quick oats
1 cup white whole wheat flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup honey
⅓ cup dark chocolate chips
¼ cup raisins
¼ cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
2. In another bowl, whisk together applesauce, butter, egg, vanilla, and honey.
3. Pour liquid mixture into flour mixture; stir to combine. Dough will be moist and sticky.
4. Add the chocolate chips, raisins and walnuts. Place in the fridge and let cool for at least 30 minutes (or up to 3 days).
5. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
6. Remove the dough from the refrigerator (if it is very hard, you can let it rest for 5-10 minutes). Use a spoon to place the dough in 4 cm diameter balls on the baking sheet, leaving 2 cm space between them. Gently flatten each cookie with your fingers to about 2 cm thick.
7. Bake until the cookies are golden brown and firm (about 9-10 minutes).
Yield: 24 cookies
Recipe: wellplated.com