Healthy Recipes - Best-Ever Chocolate Cookies

• Preparation time: 15 minutes / Cooking time: 7 to 9 minutes
• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)
• Baking sheets, ungreased

1 cup                   all-purpose flour                                    250 mL

1⁄2 cup                unsweetened cocoa powder                   125 mL

1 tsp                    baking soda                                              5 mL

1⁄4 tsp                 salt                                                           1 mL

2                         eggs                                                          2

1 cup                   margarine or butter, softened                250 mL

3⁄4 cup                packed brown sugar                               175 mL

11⁄2 cups             quick-cooking rolled oats                        375 mL

1 cup                    bran cereal (not flakes)                          250 mL

3⁄4 cup                 white chocolate chips                              175 mL

• In a small bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs, margarine and brown sugar. Fold in flour mixture. Stir in oats, bran cereal and chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls (15 mL), about 2 inches (5 cm) apart, onto baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven for 7 to 9 minutes or until just crisp. Let cool on baking sheets on a wire rack for 5 minutes, and then remove to rack to cool completely.

MAKES 42 COOKIES(1 PER SERVING)

General Mills

Your family and friends will never know that bran cereal is one of the ingredients in these delicious crunchy cookies.

TIP

When using margarine, choose a non-hydrogenated version to limit consumption of trans fats.