Whole Wheat, Honey Sweetened Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 32
• 1 cup honey (you could do half honey, half brown sugar if the heavy sweetness of honey seems like too much)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg (i actually don't measure nutmeg, just have a go at it with my microplane until i think it smells nut)
• 1 cup oats, generous cup (thick rolled are best for chewy cookies, quick cooking oats leave you with wimpy cookies)
• 1 orange, zest of (totally optional, but it gives the cookies a nice fragrance and flavor in addition to the chocolate) (optional)
• 1 cup chocolate chips (i've used dark chocolate, chocolate, even skor bits or heath chips, all are sublime)

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and honey together in the bowl of a stand mixer (it can also be done with a hand mixer or a wooden spoon if you're feeling ambitious and particularly strong).
• 2 add the egg (if you're doing this with a wooden spoon, it's best to beatthe egg prior to adding), vanilla and milk and stir until it's all combined and creamy.
• 3 in a small bowl, whisk all the dry ingredients together and then add them to the wet batter. stir to incorporate.
• 4 add oats, orange zest and chocolate chips. mix.
• 5 on a silpat or parchment paper lined cookie sheet (seriously, invest in one of these options) spoon out the cookie batter. i use about a tablespoon per cookie.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cookies are nicely browned.