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Grandma's Wheat Germ Cookies Recipe

In her Clear Lake, Minnesota kitchen, Pam Voigt lightened up a traditional oatmeal chocolate chip cookie by adding wheat germ, eliminating butter and using applesauce.

This recipe is:

Healthy

Diabetic Friendly

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Grandma's Wheat Germ Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min.

Yield: 48 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups toasted wheat germ
1 cup quick-cooking oats
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (6 ounces) miniature chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions

In a large bowl, beat brown sugar and oil until blended. Beat in egg, then applesauce. Combine the flour, wheat germ, oats, baking powder, and salt; gradually add to brown sugar mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Flatten slightly with a glass bottom coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookies are set. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 cookie equals 102 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 64 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Grandma's Wheat Germ Cookies in Light & Tasty February/March 2005, p19