HEART HEALTHY COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F Coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray, or line with parchment paper.
• 2. Blend walnuts in food processor 30 seconds, or until ground into a fine meal. Add canola oil, and blend 2 to 3 minutes more, or until mixture has the consistency of natural peanut butter, scraping down sides of food processor occasionally. Transfer to bowl.
• 3. Whisk together brown sugar and ½ cup water in small saucepan, and bring mixture to a boil. Pour brown sugar mixture over ground walnut butter, add vanilla extract, and stir until no lumps remain.
• 4. Whisk together oat flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in separate bowl. Stir oat flour mixture into walnut mixture. Cool 10 minutes. Fold in oats, then chocolate chips.
• 5. Shape cookie dough into 2-inch balls, and place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Flatten cookies with bottom of drinking glass dipped in water. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until cookies begin to brown and tops look dry. Cool 3 minutes on baking sheets, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat together butter and sugars until creamy.
• Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• Add flour, flax, soda, cinnamon, salt and mix well.
• stir in oats and raisins; mix well.
• Drop by rounded tablespoonfulls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to a wire rack.