I like cookies. I like cookies a lot.

I don’t bake cookies a lot…’cause I’d eat them a lot.

My sister sent me a recipe a few weeks ago. Cookies that she has created.

Wait for it…

HEALTHY. Cookies.

You heard it here first, folks.

Get out a couple of your mixing bowls. And make sure one of them is big, there’s a lot of healthy ingredients in this cookie! Now, lets do this thing!

How to make Kimmy Sue Cookies: Printable

In your first mixing bowl, combine all of these dry ingredients:

1. 2 1/2 cup wheat flour (un-bleached)
2. 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3. 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
4. 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
5. 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
6. 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
7. 1/4 teaspoon salt

In your second mixing bowl, combine these together and stir together very well:

1. 1 stick real butter, unsalted and melted
2. 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
3. 2 eggs
4. 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
5. 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Make sure the mixture is very well stirred, then add:

1. 1 cup raisins
2. 1 cup dried cranberries
3. 1 cup oatmeal
4. 1 cup walnuts or nut of your choice, finely chopped
5. 1 cup dark chocolate chips
6. 1 cup green zucchini, grated
7. 1 cup yellow zucchini, grated
8. 1 cup carrots, grated

Mix together very well.

Slowly add the dry ingredients from the first bowl to the ingredients in the second bowl, about a cup at a time. Mix thoroughly before adding next cup, until all the dry ingredients are incorporated.

Place rounded by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake on lightly sprayed cookie sheets at 375°F for 10-12 minutes.

This recipe is adaptable, you can exchange ingredients. For example, chocolate chips can be changed to cherry chips or the nuts can be almonds.

*WARNING* Once you start eating these, you will find it difficult to quit cold-turkey. I highly suggest a double batch, to combat those cravings.

Rachel blogs at The Henway.

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