Whole Wheat Bran Flakes Cookies
Bran flakes not your favorite cereal? Then use it up in this chocolate chip cookie recipe that everyone will devour.
Ingredients
- 1 and ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup coconut palm sugar
- 2 teaspoons Ener-G egg replacer powder
- 3 tablespoons water
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 and ½ cups bran flakes cereal
- ¾ cup dried cranberries
- ¾ cup white chocolate chips
Substitutions
- whole wheat pastry flour - ¾th cup of all purpose flour and whole wheat flour each
- butter - vegan butter substitute like Earth Balance
- coconut palm sugar - brown sugar
- bran flakes cereal - any other high fiber cereal
- dried cranberries - other dried fruits like apricots raisins, etc
- white chocolate chips - any other chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350F/180c for 15 minutes. Prepare cookie sheet(s) by lining it with parchment paper or lightly greasing it with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the egg replacer powder, water and vanilla extract.
- Stir in the flour mix until well combined.
- Add the bran flakes, dried cranberries and white chocolate chips.
- Scoop out a tablespoonful of dough for each cookie and place it on the prepared pan. I rolled it and then flattened it slightly. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove the cookie sheets from the oven and leave the cookies on the sheet itself for about 5 minutes. Then cool the cookies completely on a wire rack before storing it in an air-tight container.
