Cookies with Benefits!

This is the time of year when we feel free to indulge a little more since we know that New Year's resolutions are right around the corner.  However, there is no reason that some of these wonderful foods can't have some nutritional benefits.  Whole wheat flour and rolled oats are the "good" carbohydrates and when I substituted the olive oil for butter or margarine, which was part of the original recipe, I found it worked as well.   As a result there is very little saturated fat in these cookies!!
Ingredients:
1/3 cup whole wheat flour                          1/3 cup packed brown sugar            
 3/4 cup old-fashion rolled oats                 1/2 cup dried cherries
 1/2 teaspoon baking soda                           1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
 1/4 teaspoon salt                                           1 egg
  3 Tablespoons olive oil                                2 oz dark mini chocolate chips
      (orange-infused olive oil is my favorite) 
Directions:       
1.   Preheat oven to 350°.
2.   Measure and combine the the flour and the oats into a bowl.
3.   Measure and add the baking soda and salt to the flour and oats and stir together.
4.   Measure the olive oil into a small bowl. 
5.   Measure and add sugar to the bowl and mix until smooth.
6.   Add sugar mixture to flour mixture and blend well.
7.   Beat egg in small bowl and blend into the flour mixture
8.   Measure and fold in the vanilla, cherries, and chocolate.
9.   Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet with parchment paper.
10. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.  Cool for 3 minutes and put on wire racks.        

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