Healthier Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/2 C All-purpose flour

1 C Quick-cooking oats

1/4 C Ground flax

1 t Baking soda

1/2 t Salt

1/2 t Ground cinnamon

3/4 C Coconut oil (at room temperature) or softened unsalted butter

1 C Granulated sugar

3/4 C Packed brown sugar

2 Large eggs

1 t Vanilla extract

1 C Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. 

In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, flax, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. 

In a separate bowl, beat together oil (or butter), sugar, and brown sugar until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating together thoroughly. Add vanilla. 

Pour flour mixture into sugar mixture and stir until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips. 

Spoon dough onto prepared cookie sheet by large tablespoons leaving about 2 inches between cookies. 

Bake for 10-12 minutes. 

Remove from oven. 

Let sit on cookie sheet about 3 minutes before removing to cooling rack. 

Yield: About 30 cookies

* Adapted from http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/oatmeal-flax-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe.html