Rolled-Oats Chocolate Chip Cookies

I decided to make these on a whim with the girls yesterday. They turned out delicious! I didn't even get a chance to take a picture that's how good they were ;) Seriously, we ate them all up pretty quickly. And then my ILs came over to watch the girls and my MIL ate a few and kept saying how good they were. Yum! Best part, for goooood cookies, these are pretty healthy too!

Recipe was inspired from http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/bevs_chocolate_chip_cookies.html. I made a few changes to the recipe, like not grinding the oats, substituting liquid stevia w/ vanilla in place of sugar, and coconut oil in place of canola oil...oh, and I forgot to add the chocolate chips, but that was an accident and I will be adding them next time! Though I have to say, they were still so good, chocolate was not missed ;)

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
• 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1/2 dropped liquid stevia w/ vanilla (I found this at Whole Foods)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Mix oats, flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. 
3. Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. 
4. Add oil, stevia, brown sugar, egg and vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy. 
5. With the mixer running, add the dry ingredients, beating on low speed until just combined. 
6. Stir in chocolate chips.
7. Scoop about 1 tbsp worth of dough out and shape into a ball
8. Press down onto a baking stone.
9. Bake for approximately 20 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.