Cookies are one of my biggest weaknesses. I'm bound to sniff out the one cookie in the entire house and devour it within seconds. I absolutely love cookies because they are filled with carbs and come in an endless array of possibilities. I haven't had a cookie in a couple of days so I decided to whip myself up a batch. These cookies were inspired by a Trader Joe's trail mix that I have been obsessed with all of last year - wow, it feels weird to think of 2010 as last year. The trail mix is made of peanuts, dried berries, chocolate chips, and almonds. It's one of those mixes where you open up a bag and the next thing you know the entire contents of that bag is in your tummy. What better thing to do than to make a cookie out of it? It'll be in my tummy in milliseconds!
I just made up the recipe today so it's definitely not perfect yet. I think it ended up being a little too sweet so I'm going to cut the sugar from 1 cup to 2/3 cup. Feel free to try it out with less sugar and let me know what you think. :o)
Berry Trail Cookies
1 cup chunky peanut butter
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tb unsalted butter, softened
5 tb canola oil
1 large egg
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup dried berries of any kind (blueberries, raspberries, cranberries, and etc)
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Beat peanut butter, sugars, butter, oil, and egg until thoroughly blended.
- Stir flour, baking soda and salt in until thoroughly incorporated.
- Stir in chocolate chips, almonds and dried berries.
- Scoop balls of dough onto baking sheet about 2-3" apart.
- Bake about 12-15 minutes.
Yum!
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