This weeks recipe for Craving Ellie in My Belly was chosen by Natalie. Natalie has a great blog called What's for Supper?. Please pay her a visit to check out the recipe and to see what else she's been cooking up. Also, be sure to check out all of the pretty pictures she's been posting lately.
So...my friend Natalie chose a cookie this week. A cookie!! Have I told you how I feel about cookies? But this isn't just any cookie. Nope, it's a breakfast cookie.
I must admit that at first, I was really skeptical about this one, Natalie! When I saw that the first ingredient was whole wheat flour, I was sure I was in for a dull and dry cookie. But I got everything ready and baked these up and you know what? I liked 'em.
They are moist. They are cakey. They are a healthy-breakfast-on-the-run alternative. The only change I made was to sub Craisins for the raisins and I did add 2 tbsp of mini chocolate chips, just because.
Marc and I both are enjoying these in the morning and on the run.
With all of the spices, this cookie reminds me of the Raisins & Spice Oatmeal from my childhood days. It's a delicious little cookie. Now, I wouldn't choose it before a chocolate chip cookie, but it's still very good. Thanks Natalie for a surprisingly tasty choice!
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I was surprised how moist they were as well! I added mini chips too - yours look great!
This sounds really good! Recently, I bought some dried cranberries for a broccoli slaw recipe and have been meaning to find another recipe to use them in, and who could argue with cookies for breakfast???? These look really, really good!
On another note, you're gonna love those books!!!
The cookies look good! I am always ready to try a new cookie!
What a delicious excuse to have cookies for breakfast!
Cookies just aren't the same without even a little bit of chocolate! Those look nice and chunky.
Cookies are great any time of day - but the option of making them healthier makes us feel more virtuous.
I love this idea! I haven't tried this one out of the book yet, but it looks great!
Your cookies look great!! I thought these were delicious too!! And so fun to eat a cookie for breakfast!
What a great cookie for kids! Love this idea!
What fantastic pictures! I love that your cookies look for hand-formed and "natural" - mine were like totally flat on top. I used a raisin/cranberry mix and I love the tartness of the cranberries; I imagine with chocolate that would be AWESOME.
I'm a huge fan of cookies for breakfast - I mean, what's the REAL difference between a cookie and a muffin?
They look great. Love the look of the craisin...sitting there with it's nice red glow.
I saw Ellie make these on her show recently and wondered how they'd be. Glad to hear you enjoyed them! They look terrific!
Excellent looking cookies you have there.
I want to eat them even though I know they are good for me!
Me Want Cookie! ;) They look good and healthy to boot!
I'm with you - I was really surprised by how much I like these! I think they're a great breakfast-on-the-run alternative. They can't compete with real cookies, but as long as I adjust my expectations, I really enjoy them! Yours look great!
I want to make these (soon!) after reading all the posts today! And your pictures are very appetizing, too, by the way! :) I need breakfasts on the go too, so these would be perfect. Bookmarked!
The raisins & spice oatmeal was my favorite too! The cookies sound great.
They look fabulous! So glad that you liked them. Chocolate chips are definitely perfect in this.
a healthy cookie that tastes good and ain't dry? Oh, man, pinch me, is this a dream?
Glad to see someone added chocolate chips!! I was making them and thought.. mmm, chocolate would be good! And then I thought.. Alyssa, this is a breakfast cookie that's supposed to be healthy! LOL.
I will definitely need to try these with chocolate chips!
Beautiful pics btw..
Alyssa
Great cookies......love the idea of adding the chocolate chips......I think I may do that next time. I used dried cherries and pecans and loved the cookies.......a little chocolate in there may really send me into cookie heaven!
Great pix too!
Great close-up shots! Love them!
I love desserts that double as breakfast. These sound great!
Yum! I love your idea of adding Craisins and mini chocolate chips! I was surprised that I liked these and that they really do hold me for a couple of hours in the morning.
Awe....thanks! I'm glad that you liked them. I betcha they were super tasty with the chocolate chips. Great call.
I'm going to have to check out the recipe for these. I'm always looking for new things that B&G might eat for breakfast. Especially things that they can eat on the go (i.e. on the way to school/daycare). Neat idea.
I was wondering about this cookie. Caught Ellie making them on her show not too long ago and put them on my "to try" list. I love the idea of cookies for breakfast, especially Ellie approved healthy ones!
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