Healthy Honey Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour (all-purpose is good too)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats (aka oatmeal)
• chopped dates (optional) or figs (optional) or raisins (optional) or currants (optional) or chocolate chips (optional) or chopped nuts, etc (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray (just for convenience :]).
• 2 using a mixer with the paddle attachment, mix together the butter, brown sugar, honey, egg and water thoroughly.
• 3 sift together the dry ingredients then stir in the oats. add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix. add any additional ingredients you've chosen.
• 4 drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the cookie sheet. bake 12 to 15 minutes. cool on a wire rack.