I normally don't review a recipe if I change it a lot, but I saw another reviewer looking for ways to add nutrition to these, so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. Because, these are obviously great as is, but I wanted folks to know they were very forgiving when you play around with them. These were wonderful, even after all my subs! I used 1 cup whole wheat flour & 1/2 cup white, plus 1-2 tbsp of wheat germ. I added cinnamon and nutmeg to the dry ingredients, cuz mmmmmm...I just love 'em. I replace the white sugar with mostly raw (turbinado) sugar & about a tbsp each of brown sugar & molasses. I added an extra egg to help make up for the wheat germ I added. I also used oil instead of butter & apple sauce to replace about 1/3 of the oil. And I mixed in about 1/2 cup of chopped pecans into the batter. They came out moist and very flavorful. YUM!!!

Reviewed On: Jun. 29, 2009

Awesome way to sneak some veggies to the kiddos!! As usual, I substituted like crazy. But anything that I did would have only made it taste worse, and I thought it was incredible even after I sub'd it to death. I used all whole wheat flour, I cut the oil to 1/4 cup & added 1 cup of applesauce. Then I added 3 Tbsp of molasses & used raw sugar (which I cut to 1 1/2 cups). Also, I didn't have squares of chocolate, so I sub'd 6 Tbsp of cocoa powder & added it to the dry ingredients. So even after all of those healthnut changes, it turned out delicious. And it's even better if you sprinkle some mini chocolate chips across the top of the loaf when you pull it out of the oven. Mmmmmm...

Reviewed On: Oct. 7, 2008

These are fantastic!! I even replaced all of the flour with whole wheat & no one even noticed. I also replaced the cloves with nutmeg, and used raw sugar for the white. I am sure the recipe is wonderful as is, but I was very pleased that the replacement of whole wheat flour produced such a wonderful cookie. My picky husband even though it was great. They stay nice & soft for days. I've made them 3 times already! YUM!!

Reviewed On: Apr. 12, 2008