Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

By Maria Lichty

Updated April 28, 2011

Every time I am in the mood to bake, I ask Josh for suggestions, he always gives me the same response, “make your oatmeal chocolate chip cookies . ” They are really good cookies, a true classic, but I like to pretend my kitchen is a lab. I love experimenting with new recipes and ingredients. I get bored making the same recipe all of the time. I decided to mix things up and use whole wheat flour to make chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.

I wasn’t sure how the whole wheat flour would affect the cookies, but they turned out great! I think I love these even more than my standard recipe. The cookies were crisp on the edges and soft and chewy in the middle. The whole wheat flour added a slight nutty and wholesome flavor.

Josh wasn’t home when I baked these, so I asked him to guess the “secret ingredient.” He is not very good at this game, he was guessing everything but whole wheat flour. When I told him I used all whole wheat flour, he was surprised. The cookies are not dense or “healthy” tasting, they are just delicious:)

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

(Printable Recipe)

1 ¼ cup whole wheat flour

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

½ cup dark brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

½ cup butter, softened to room temperature

1 egg

1 ½ tsp vanilla

1 T milk (I used skim)

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

– Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

– Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.

– Using a mixer, cream the sugars with the softened butter for about two minutes.

– Add in the egg, vanilla, and milk. Mix until smooth.

– Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, with the mixer on low. Mix just until flour disappears. Don’t over mix.

– Stir in the oats and chocolate chips by hand.

– Form rounded cookie dough balls, using about 1 T of dough. Place dough balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat.

– Bake cookies for 11-12minutes or until lightly golden around the edges. Let cookies sit on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes to set up. Then move to a cooking rack. Makes around 2 dozen cookies.