HEALTHY Dark Chocolate Whole Wheat Cookies!!!

I must say my favorite classic cookie is not chocolate chip alone...I would much rather dive into a oatmeal chocolate chip cookie, must be a texture thing.  So, needless to say the rare times I make a batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, they vanish almost instantly!  I have wanted to incorporate a few of my new favorite ingredients into a batch of cookies and see how these new HEALTHY versions stack up. Lets just sum it up by saying the moment these babies hit my lips the heavens opened up! JACKPOT!!!!!! These are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

When a photo shoot takes a little too long....................


So before I get to the recipe let me share my three new favorite ingredients with you.

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These three are sure to be new staples in my pantry! Not only to have them on hand for these tasty cookies but to incorporate them into many other recipes, stay tuned=)

HEALTHY Dark Chocolate Whole Wheat Cookies

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
10 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup oats
1 cup extra dark chocolate chips
2 Tbs. milled flax seeds

Preheat oven to 350*
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease with butter. In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. In a mixing bowl cream the butter with the brown sugar until light in color, about 4 mins. Beat in the egg until well incorporated. Then add in the vanilla and beat. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and blend well. Stir in the oats, chocolate chips and flax seeds. Drop a Tbs. of dough onto cookie sheet. Bake 8 mins until golden. Let sit for a min a cookie sheet once out of the oven, then transfer to a cooking rack. ENJOY!!!!!!!