Dark chocolate cranberry pecan oatmeal cookies

July 31, 2016

I wanted to bake up a new cookie.. but not just any old cookie, one packed with lots of goodness and leaves me feeling satisfied.. so say hello to my new favorite cookie 😉 These dark chocolate cranberry pecan oatmeal cookies are nothing short of wonderful, every bite is scrumptious and they are a nice filling cookie as well, 3 smart points each but I promise you it is 3 points well spent 🙂

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Author: Drizzle

Recipe type: Baking

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 12 mins

Total time: 22 mins

Serves: 20

3sp/2pp

Ingredients

¼ cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp melted butter
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 egg
1 egg white
1 tsp vanilla
⅔ cup flour
1⅓ cup oats (I use Quaker oats similar to quick oats)
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp cinnamon
3 Tbsp chopped pecans
¼ cup dried cranberries (I cut mine up into smaller pieces)
2 squares (20g) Lindt 70% dark chocolate, broken into pieces

Instructions

Spray a cookie sheet and preheat oven to 350F.
Using an electric mixer, in a bowl beat together your brown sugar, melted butter and applesauce for 1 minute, add in your egg, egg white and vanilla and continue beating 2 minutes.
Stir in your flour, oats, baking powder, soda and cinnamon.
Fold in your pecan pieces, cranberries and chopped dark chocolate (I broke mine up in a small bag using a heavy glass)
Drop by heaping Tbsp onto cookie sheet, you can press down slightly on cookies if you want, I choose not to.
Bake in oven for approx 12 minutes, let cool 5 minutes.
Best stored in sealed container in fridge,
Makes 20 cookies at 3 smart points each (2PP)
Nutritional info, per cookie.. Calories 76...Fat 2.3g..Sat fat 0.9g... Carbs 12.2g...Fiber 1g..Sugars 4.8g...Protein 1.8g