Sometimes I get one of these crazy ideas of eating healthy and I say goodbye to chocolate (and everything else that is good in this world). Fortunately that never lasts good and I’m back to baking chocolately, caramelly, brown buttery treats within a week.
That being said, I do enjoy something slightly healthier from time to time. There are oats in these cookies, so they have to be healthier, right? Please, tell me I’m right.
Apart from oats, there is also coconut in them, which brings a more interesting taste to the usually plain-tasting oatmeal cookies. They have a nice chewiness about them and they are quite buttery.
Additionally, they are very easy to make. So if you feel like pretending to be healthy with me, go on and make these.
It’s not a big recipe, but it can be easily doubled if you’d like more cookies.
Oatmeal Coconut Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 stick butter, softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ½ cup coconut
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350F and spray a baking sheet with cooking spray, or grease it lightly.
- In a big bowl cream together butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla, mix well, set aside.
- In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add oats and coconut.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Drop small spoonfuls of the dough on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 8-9 minutes, or until lightly browned around the edges.
Składniki:
- 100gram masła
- ¾ szklanki brązowego cukru
- 1 jajko
- 1 łyżeczka ekstraktu z wanilii
- 1 ½ szklanki mąki
- ½ łyżeczki proszku do pieczenia
- ½ łyżeczki sody oczyszczonej
- ¼ łyżeczki soli
- 1 szklanka płatków owsianych
- ½ szklanki wiórków kokosowych
Przygotowanie:
- Rozgrzej piekarnik do 170°C. Spryskaj blaszkę olejem w sprayu lub lekko ją natłuść.
- W dużej misce zmieszaj masło i cukier. Dodaj jajko i wanilię, dobrze wymieszaj, odstaw.
- W osobnej misce wymieszaj mąkę, proszek do pieczenia, sodę oczyszczoną i sól. Dodaj płatki owsiane i wiórki kokosowe.
- Dodaj suche składniki do mokrych i dobrze wymieszaj.
- Łyżeczką nabieraj porcje ciasta i układaj na blaszce. Piecz przez 8-9 minut, lub aż lekko zbrązowieją na brzegach.
I agree with you – sometimes I like to make a “healthy” Weight Watcher’s recipe and they are usually pretty good but give me chocolate and fat. Coconut and oats – yum 🙂
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