#4 Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I developed this recipe on 5-14-2009

Wet Ingredients:
1 1/2 sticks softened butter = 1 cup butter
(I like to use Braum's butter. It doesn't leave a strange taste like other butters.)
1/4 cup applesauce
1 cup dark brown sugar firmly packed

1/4 cup Turbinado Sugar

1 Tbsp. Vanilla
2 large eggs

In a large mixer bowl beat butter & sugar until smooth. Add vanilla & eggs one at a time. Beat well after each addition. Scrape the sides of the bowl each time.

Dry Ingredients:
Sift together
1/2 cup Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 cup Buckwheat Flour
1 cup Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Sea Salt

Add flour mixture 1/4 cup at a time to the sugar & butter mixture. Beat well after each addition. Scrape the sides of the bowl after each addition.
Add:
1 1/2 cups Old Fashioned Oatmeal

1/2 cup chopped pecans
1-12 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Bake 350° on greased cookie sheet. I hit the cookie sheet on the oven rack during the cooking process in order to flatten the cookies a little. I like thin, crisp cookies.

I chose to use Buckwheat Flour after reading that it is one of the best sources of protein in the plant kingdom. Each 1/4 cup has 4grams of protein, 4 grams of fiber, zero grams of sugar, and 8 calories from fat. I buy my Buckwheat Flour at the health food store. I've used the Hodgson Mills and it's really good. I love to use it in cookies, pancakes, and waffles.

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Substitute buckwheat flour in the place of any other kinds of flour for recipes that don't require that the flour rise, like biscuits, muffins or cookies. Keep in mind though that buckwheat has a very different taste than white or wheat flour. This will slightly change the flavor of your baked product.

Buckwheat has great health benefits. The substitution of buckwheat flour has been proven to lower cholesterol, high blood pressure and blood sugar.

If you want to use buckwheat because of gluten intolerance then make sure to note where the buckwheat was processed. Many facilities that grind buckwheat into flour use the same machinery to grind wheat flour as well."

Read more: How to Bake With Buckwheat eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2155044_bake-buckwheat.html#ixzz1HsXzBR3Z

#3. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Developed on 3-14-2009
Pre-heat oven to 350 °
Wet Ingredients:
2 sticks softened butter
1 cup dark brown sugar firmly packed
1/4 cup Turbinado sugar
1 Tablespoon vanilla
2 large eggs

Combine sugar, butter, eggs & vanilla in a large mixer bowl and beat until creamy and smooth. Scraping the sides and re-mixing.

Dry Ingredients:
1/2 cup Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 cup Buckwheat Flour
1 cup Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Combine all the dry ingredients and sift together. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients 1/4 cup at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition. Combine all the dry and wet ingredients thoroughly.

Add 1 1/2 cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal.
Beat until incorporated. Scrape sides of bowl.

Add one 12 oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips and stir with a spoon. I like to use a spoon with this step because the chips are hard to remove from the beater.

Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet. I used Crisco Buttery Spray to grease the cookie sheet.

Bake at 350° for about 9 minutes. Mid way through the baking process I open the oven door and bang the cookie sheet on the oven rack to flatten the cookies. When finished cooking to your liking remove from the oven and place on a wire cooling rack. Then enjoy hot or cold or any where in between.

This cookie tastes wonderful hot.

#2. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made this cookie recipe on 3-6-2009
Pre-heat oven to 350 °
Combine in large bowl of mixer:
2 sticks butter softened
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup Turbinado Sugar
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
2 large eggs

Combine all the above ingredients in mixer and beat until smooth.

Sift Together:
1 cup 100% stone ground whole wheat flour
1/2 cup Buckwheat flour
1/2 cup Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Sift dry ingredient together.
Add dry ingredients one cup at a time to the wet ingredients.
Beat after each addition.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl and re-mix.

ADD:
2 cups Old Fashioned Oatmeal
1-12oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Bake 350° oven
Lightly grease the cookie sheet. Cookies don't spread out much so I bang the cookie sheet on the oven rack during cooking to flatten them a bit.
Bake cookies until the desired brownness.
When finished baking place cookies on a cookie rack to cool.
Great taste.

# 1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This recipe was developed on 1-2-2009

Pre-heat oven to 350 °
Wet ingredients:
2 sticks butter softened
1 Cup solidly packed dark brown sugar
1/2 Cup Turbinado Sugar from Maui, Hawaii
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
2 eggs

Dry ingredients:
1/4 Cup Rice Flour
1/4 Cup Soy Flour
1/4 Cup Oat Flour
1/4 Cup Graham Flour
1 Cup 100% Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 Cups Old Fashioned Oatmeal
8 oz. Chocolate Chips

Mix together the wet ingredients in large mixer bowl and beat at medium speed until mix thoroughly. Scrap down the sides once and remix.

Mix dry ingredients except the Oatmeal in separate bowl and sift together.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients a little at a time mixing after each addition. Combine the two mixtures until completely incorporated.

Add the oatmeal and chocolate chips. Mix thoroughly. Spoon mixture onto greased cookie sheet. I usually flatten the dough so it isn't too thick.

Bake in a preheated 350 ° oven on greased cookie sheet. Bake about 9-10 minutes.
When cookies are cooking I usually open the oven door and bang the cookie sheet on the oven rack to flatten the cookies even more. You may choose to leave the cookies thick.

This cookie tastes wonderful.