Flaxies

It gets kind of quiet in my house at night, so I've been doing a lot of overnight baking. It's kind of awesome, you get 6-8 hours to yourself in the kitchen with no one telling you stop! Sadly, those days are coming to an end BUT on a very very very bright note, I'm flying out to Honolulu this afternoon to meet up with my bros! Summer has finally begun! :P

These are the perfectly chewy kind of oatmeal cookies, but they aren't masked by cinnamon like most oatmeal cookies are, so the flax seeds just shine out in all their glorious flavor. The flax seeds make the cookies so nutty and aromatic.

I'm proud of these cookies because I made the fat substitutions myself! I wasn't too sure how it was going to turn out, since too much applesauce instead of butter can make oatmeal type cookies really rubbery. These were awesome though, you can't even tell the difference!

Flax is full of fiber, anti-oxidants and Omega-3 fatty acids. They can help to lower cholesterol and stabilize blood sugar. :)

Flaxies makes approx. 40 cookies

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats
• 2/3 cup flaxseeds
• 1 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

In a bowl, beat together butter with sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, following with applesauce and mix until combined (scraping sides of bowl once).

In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, flaxseeds, oats, and baking soda. Stir into butter mixture to form a soft dough.

Drop cookies by level tablespoonfuls about 2" apart from each other. Bake on centre rack of oven for 12 mins until golden, rotating and switching pans halfway through. Let cool on pans for 2 mins before transferring to a wire rack.

Each cookie contains only about 59 calories!