healthier soft oatmeal cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup diced, pitted dates
• 3 cups rolled oats

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 30 mins


• beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. add eggs, one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. beat in vanilla extract. combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a separate bowl; stir into butter mixture. fold in oats and dates. cover and chill dough for at least one hour.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). grease two baking sheets.
• roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart baking sheets. flatten each cookie with a large fork.
• bake in preheated oven until cookies are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.