Strawberry Oatmeal Cookies

It is spring time, the perfect occasion to go strawberry picking. Which I did, and also resulted in owning over a gallon of strawberries. With that many strawberries at my disposal, I had to bake up a storm.

One of the products of the strawberry baking bonanza was these cookies. I absolutely love oatmeal raisin cookies. Since I had enough strawberries to sink a naval ship, I thought why not sub in strawberries instead. Glorious decision really.

These cookies are soft and sweet and delicious. I have them with my afternoon tea. Honestly, what better way to celebrate the warm weather than with some strawberry filled goodness?

Strawberry Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/4 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup rolled oats

pinch of salt

1/4 + 2 tbsp Splenda Brown Sugar Blend, or 3/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp I Can't Believe It's not Butter, or real butter, softened

2 tbsp unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

1 cup chopped strawberries

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 and prepare a large cookie sheet.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the flours, oats, salt and baking soda.
3. In another bowl, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add in the applesauce, vanilla and egg and beat until all combined.
4. Add in the dry ingredients and mix well.
5. Gently fold in the strawberries, try not to crush the berries.
6. Drop tbsp sized amounts of dough onto the sheet, slightly flatten the cookies.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, the tops should be golden brown.
8. Allow to cool before removing from the sheet or else they will fall apart.

Nutritional Information (Makes about 20 cookies, one serving is one cookie)

Calories 64, Fat 1.5g, Cholesterol 9mg, Sodium 46mg, Carbohydrates 10.9g, Dietary Fiber 1.2g, Sugars 4.2g, Protein 1.4g