Cooking Mommy: Oatmeal Spice Cookies

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Oatmeal Spice Cookies

I made these cookies to have as a low point treat, and they were yummy! They are very simliar to my Oatmeal Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies but without the chocolate. Best of all, they are only 1 Weight Watcher point each!

Directions
1/2 cup light butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup Splenda for baking
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup dry nonfat milk
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 heaping tsp cinnamon
1/4 heaping tsp cloves
pinch of nutmeg (optional)
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups rolled oats

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter, brown sugar, and splenda. Add eggs and vanilla and blend until smooth. Combine the rest of the ingredients except the oats and blend into sugar mixture. Stir in the oats. Using very small ice cream scoop, drop onto ungreased cookie sheets. Should make at least 28 cookies. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown on edges. Do not overbake. Let cool for 2 minutes and then remove from cookie sheet.

Weight Watcher Points: only 1 point per cookie!

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Allergies and Intolerances

My son, Daniel previously had allergies to egg whites and peanuts. I am lactose intolerant. My nephews have allergies to many foods. I will try my best to label things to help those with allergies since I know it's difficult finding recipes sometimes when someone in your home has common food allergies. Make sure you check labels yourself. If it's marked soy-free or nut-free, it only means it doesn't have the soy or nut protein in it, not necessarily the oils. Look for dairy-free, egg-free, gluten/wheat-free, nut-free, and soy-free labels.

Egg replacements

If you need an egg free recipe, I have some great egg replacements. Now these really won't work in recipes that require a lot of eggs, like a meringue or cheesecake, but they do work well in most recipes I've ever tried.

Egg replacement #1: use 1 Tbsp ground flax seed and 3 Tbsp of water in place of 1 egg. Why this works? I don't know, but flax seed is extremely healthy for you, full of lots of omega fatty acids, so this is my preferred substitute.

Egg replacement #2: Boil 1 cup of water and 1 packet of unflavored gelatin together. In it's liquid state, use 3 1/2 Tbsp of this in place of 1 egg.

I have found sometimes one works better than the other. The flax seed seems to work better overall, I believe, but my mother-in-law made Christmas cookies with the gelatin and you couldn't even tell the difference.