Recipe: Delicious Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies

Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies.

You can cook Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of butter.
2. It's 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
3. Prepare 1 of egg.
4. It's 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
5. You need 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
6. You need 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
7. You need 1 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour.
8. Prepare 3/4 cups of rolled oats.
9. It's 3/4 cups of M&Ms.

Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies step by step

1. Preheat oven to 375 F..
2. Melt butter in the microwave. Approximately 30 seconds on high. Melting the butter is important because whole wheat flour is pretty heavy compared to all purpose flour..
3. Mix butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl..
4. Add egg, vanilla, salt and baking powder. Mix well..
5. Add whole wheat flour. Mix until a dough forms..
6. Mix in rolled oats..
7. Add M&Ms. The dough might be a little heavy so you may find it easier to mix using your hand..
8. Roll into 1.5 inch balls and set on baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Press lightly on each ball to flatten out slightly. I prefer my cookies to be fairly thick..
9. Bake for 16 minutes or until they start to turn golden brown..