Healthy Oatmeal Cookies

Name: Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
Yield: makes 18 to 20
Ingredients: 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/3 cup vegetable oil, such as safflower; 2/3 cup packed dark-brown sugar; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats (not quick-cooking); 1/2 cup dried currants or raisins

December 22, 2011

WHY IT’S LIGHT Vegetable oil, with no saturated fat, replaces butter in these drop cookies. The dough—which can be whipped up in just ten minutes—also features equal parts whole-wheat and all-purpose flours. (In fact, you can substitute whole-wheat flour for up to half of the all-purpose flour in many recipes for baked goods without compromising flavor or texture.)

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