Oatmeal Maple Spice Cookies

By FamilySprouts

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, browned
• 1/2 cup Light Olive Oil
• 1/2 cup Honey
• 1/2 cup Pure Maple Syrup
• 2 Eggs
• 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
• 3 cups Oatmeal
• 1/2 tsp. Sea Salt
• 2 Tbsp. Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
• 1 cup Raisins (optional)
• 1 cup Toasted Pecans or Walnuts (optional)

Details

Adapted from eatingrules.com

Preparation

Step 1

To brown butter: Put butter in a small sauce pan over medium high heat. Once butter has melted, continuously stir until you see it turn a caramel color. This generally takes 1-1/2 to 2 minutes. Do not stop stirring or the butter solids will burn. The browned butter will add a nice depth of flavor to your cookies. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

In a large bowl, mix cooled butter, olive oil, honey and maple syrup until well combined. Add eggs one at a time and beat until combined.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, oatmeal, sea salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture until all combined.

If desired, mix in raisins and/or nuts.

Allow dough to chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour and up to 24 hours.

Note: The chilling step is important. These cookies will not hold their shape very well if baked before the dough is chilled.

Preheat oven to 325°F (lower than most cookie recipes due to the honey, which can burn more easily)

Scoop out cookies with a small ice cream scoop. Do not flatten the cookies. Because there is no baking powder in this recipe, this will help keep them from completely flattening out.

Bake for 17-20 minutes, or until golden brown.

Devour while still warm. Enjoy!

Replace the raisins with dried cranberries and orange zest for another great flavor combination!