This Month's Recipe: Chocolatey Oatmeal Cookies!

Bet we had you at “cookies”, didn’t we?… It wasn’t that easy, you say? Well, if you need a reason to eat a good cookie, here it is:
- These cookies are full of iron, healthy fats, probiotics, B vitamins and other nutrients that support brain and bone function!

Chocolatey Oatmeal Cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 12-16 minutes (depending on desired brown-ness)
Total Time: 22-26 minutes
Yield: Depends on how big or small you want your cookies

Equipment:

- 2 large mixing bowls
- An electric hand mixer -OR- a whisk (but you're going to have to put some muscle into it!)
- Parchment paper
- Cookie sheets/baking trays

Ingredients:

- 2 cups of old fashioned, whole rolled oats
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour -OR- gluten-free baking flour
- 4 tbsp of brewer's yeast -OR- gluten-free brewer's yeast
- 1 cup of solid coconut oil
- 3/4 of a cup of chocolate chips -OR- dairy-free chocolate chips -OR- carob chips
- 2 whole eggs
- 2/3 of a cup of light brown sugar
- 1 tsp of baking soda
- 2 tbsp of ground flaxseed
- 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp of salt

Instructions:

- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line your cookie sheets/baking trays with parchment paper .
- In one of the mixing bowls, combine the coconut oil, sugar and vanilla extract. Use your electric hand mixer (on a high setting) or your whisk to dissolve the sugar and vanilla extract into the coconut oil.
- Add the eggs into the mixing bowl with the coconut oil mixture and mix (on a medium setting) until well-incorporated.
- In the second mixing bowl, combine the oats, flour, baking soda, yeast, flaxseeds and salt, and mix (on a low setting) to incorporate.
- Turn your mixer to a low setting and pour the wet ingredient mixture into the dry ingredient mixture. Mix until well-incorporated.
- Turn off the mixer and gently fold the chocolate chips into the cookie dough (by hand).
- Drop the cookie dough onto the lined cookie sheets/baking trays, to your desired cokie size (keeping in mind that the cookies will expand as they bake!).
- Bake for 12-16 minutes, or until you’ve reached the desired done-ness!

Enjoy!

Popular ingredient additions/variations: sliced almonds, ground hemp seeds, chopped walnuts, raisins, dried cranberries