Flax Chocolate Chip Cookies

©2014

Nothing tastes or smells as good as a freshly baked batch of chocolate chip cookies.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cups (325 mL) all purpose flour, sifted
• 2/3 cup (150 mL) milled flax
• 1/3 cup (75 mL) chocolate chip
• 1 Tbsp (15 mL) cocoa
• 1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) baking soda
• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt 2 mL
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) non-hydrogenated margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) brown sugar
• 1/3 cup (75 mL) granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) vanilla
• 1 egg

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 ⁰F (180 ⁰C).
2. In a bowl, combine flour, milled flax, chocolate chips, cocoa, baking soda and salt; mix well.
3. In a separate bowl, beat together brown sugar, granulated sugar and egg until sugars are dissolved. Add margarine and vanilla to the egg mixture; mix well.
4. Stir in dry ingredients. Knead dough with your hands to mix in ingredients. Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for 1/2 hour**.
5. Lightly spray cookie sheet with non-stick spray; wipe off excess. Lightly coat hands with vegetable oil or nonstick spray to handle cookies easier. Measure 1 Tbsp (15 mL) chilled dough, roll and flatten (Canadian loonie coin size). ***Place on cookie sheet 2 inch (5 cm) apart. Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from tray and cool to room temperature.

Yield: 30 cookies.

Serving Size: 2 cookies. Each serving size contains 1 tsp (5 mL) of flax.

Cook's Notes:

• ***These cookies require forming because of the decreased amount of shortening.