Recipe Review: Turtle Oatmeal Cookies
Yes, yes I did just have a fourth cookie . Sshh, don't tell anyone. Although, there isn't much un-healthy about this recipe (even healthier with my changes), except the chocolate chips. Even at that, there is only 1/4 cup in the whole recipe! So you know about Turtle candies with the caramel and the chocolate and the pecans? This is what inspired the recipe author, except she turned a candy into a decently healthy dessert with oats and dates. So here are my changes. I couldn't find my pecans in the freezer, so I substituted with walnuts. I would like to try these again with pecans, but hey, there were cookies to be made! I also substituted the sugar with date sugar...that just amped up the nutrition ! I used semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of dark chocolate. My last swap was replacing the oil with applesauce, and that just knocked some fat out of these babies. Some might be wondering how plant based the chocolate chips are, and of course they aren't a