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Whole Wheat Granola Date Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sheila
Healthy combination of oatmeal and chocolate chip cookie. This cookie is chocked full of so many great ingredients! You could even call this cookie breakfast if you wanted!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 5 hours 40 minutes
Course baked goods
Cuisine baked goods
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup cold butter cut into cubes
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 1 Tblsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup heaping cup pitted and chopped medjool dates
  • 2 cups whole wheat white flour see variations in post for other flour choices
  • 1 1/2 cup granola any granola works, preferable unsweetened or naturally sweetened with honey or maple syrup
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup unsweetened coconut, shredded
  • 1 cup chopped nuts pecans, walnuts, pistachios taste best
  • 2 cups 60% or higher bittersweet chocolate baking chips I prefer ghirardelli baking chips.
  • 1 cup dried fruit, such as raisins, cherries, or any combinations

Instructions
 

preheat oven to 350° and line baking sheets with parchment paper

  • Add butter cubes and brown sugar to bowl and mix on high until smooth and incorporated, with no butter chunks visible.
  • Add one egg at a time to butter/sugar mixture, beat until light and fluffy. Add Vanilla. Scrape down sides of bowl before adding dry ingredients.
  • Measure out flour add baking powder, baking soda, and salt, add these ingredients gradually to the butter mixture. Do not over mix mix until just combined. Add dates and mix.
  • Add in granola, coconut, nuts, dried fruit and chocolate chips. Your mixing bowl will be very full, take time to scrape bowl making sure all ingredients are well distributed through out the dough.
  • At this point you can measure out cookies with a 3 tablespoon cookie scoop onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake in 350 degree oven for 12 minutes or until edges appear browned and top of cookie is not longer doughy. This may take a few minutes longer than 12 minutes depending on your oven.
    Remove from oven and allow to cool for a minimum of 10 minutes on baking sheet before removing to cooling racks.

Notes

Allowing cookies to cool on the baking sheets allows them to continue baking with out over baking in the oven. 
Note: See tips and variations in the post for different combinations, suggested ingredients, and varieties of flours that can be used in this recipe. 
Keyword coconut, cookies, dates, granola, nuts
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