As promised in my most recent Virtuous Consumer column, here’s my tried-and-true recipe for delicious and nutritious whole-wheat chocolate-chip cookies:
1 cup organic butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar (organic, if possible)
2 organic eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups whole-wheat organic flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups (or more!) fair-trade organic chocolate chips (Whole Foods sells them, as does El Camino brand)
Mix together butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda and baking powder. (You can add organic rolled oats – my kids tend to balk at it and it makes a doughier cookie.) Add in dry ingredients. Then mix in chips. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 – 10 minutes.
Enjoy!!