Date Chocolate Chip Cookies are a little fancier than the beloved original and healthier too. Irresistible to everyone that passes the cookie jar.
Date Chocolate Chip Cookies are a bit more exiting than the beloved original but there is nothing wrong with dressing up your treats every once in a while.
These are also a healthier version that have granola along with all the other special ingredients. How can there be so many cookies recipes? All I know is that the variety is very helpful in keeping cookies as a staple. This one will be in our cupboard often.
Date Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 24 minutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons Flax Seed Meal mixed with 6 Tablespoons water
- 1 cup dairy free butter
- 1 tablespoon almond milk
- 1 1/4 cup firmly packed Brown Sugar
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 2 cups Granola or Granola Cereal
- 1/2 cup Raisins
- 1/2 cup Dates, chopped in small pieces
Instructions
- In a medium bowl add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- In a small bow mix the flax seed meal and water and set aside so it can thicken.
- In a large bowl add the butter and brown sugar and beat with a Hand Mixer it is light and fluffy. That takes about 5 minutes.
- If you have a granola that is in large clumps put it in a baggie and pound it with a mallet (or some such item) that will crunch the the granola into smaller bits.
- Now to the large bowl with the butter mixture add the flax seed meal mixture and almond milk and stir.
- Beat in the flour mixture a half a cup at a time. You can use the hand mixer up to this point.
- Now hand mix in the chocolate chips, raisins, dates and granola.
- Drop onto a ungreased Baking Sheet by the Tablespoon full. Space about 2" apart.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 9 minutes.
- Let set 3 minutes and remove to racks to cool completely.
Kristen Kelley says
These look so good! I never would’ve thought to add dates to a cookie unless it was using date sugar. I think I may have to add some to my next batch of oatmeal raisin cookies, too! Thanks for the inspiration!
Ginny McMeans says
So glad you got inspired Kristen! That sounds great too for the oatmeal raisin cookies.
Theresa says
I just made these, so delicious and oh so easy to make!! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Do you have nutritional facts for these cookies?
Ginny McMeans says
That is wonderful! I aim for delicious and easy. Sorry, I do not have nutritional facts. I have tried different programs but the facts were never the same so I gave up. Ha!
Susan says
Calorie Counter recipe say 125 calories per cookie if I use Earth Balance Vegan buttery sticks.
Ginny McMeans says
Thanks Susan!
melissa @ my whole food life says
These look so good! I love the idea of dates in the cookies. Yum!
Ginny McMeans says
Thanks Melissa! You can’t beat the sweetness of dates.