Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2009

This dough was so dry and crumbly - difficult to form into cookies. And even decreasing the baking time didn't prevent them from turning out as little dry nuggets. I compared this recipe to other oatmeal cookie recipes that I use and the proportion of oatmeal to butter is much higher in this one. I'll probably stick with my other recipes, but if I make these again I'll cut the oatmeal amount in half. I really liked the crunch of the Grapenuts, though.

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Charlu

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Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2009

Great cookies... nice texture...just the right amount of sweetness. 4/5 instead of 5/5 because I added salt.

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lucylucia

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2009

This is a great recipe for oatmeal cookies! My whole family ate them up in just a few days. : ) I found that instead of chocolate chips, uses white chocolate chip, and add about a half cup of dried cranberrys! Yum!

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Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2008

The cookie dough wouldn't even stick together. It fell apart! I had to improvise...I guess I didn't do a good job on that.

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jubiedoob

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008

I love this recipe! I was looking for something more healthy than our usual chocolate chip recipe, and this is perfect. I have made these several times now, according to the recipe, and the texture is great. Soft on the inside, but crispy on the outside, and the grape nuts provide a nice little crunch. You don't need to eat alot to be filled. Great recipe - thanks for sharing!

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Lori

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Reviewed: Sep. 10, 2008

In my opinion, these are better than traditional oatmeal raisin cookies. This is a good option for someone who prefers chocolate over raisins (because after all, raisins are just wanna-be chocolate chips), or someone who likes a hearty, not too sweet cookie. I used olive oil, almonds, and regular oatmeal. Stirring the dough took a little elbow grease -- at the end I had more success with a wooden spoon than the electronic beaters. I did end up adding a splash of milk to make it easier to work with. This dough does NOT keep well, so bake right away. The cookies do not spread out very much, so you can load the pan pretty closely.

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MPEPLIN

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Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2008

These are fabulous! I've made other "healthy whole wheat" cookies before and they were just chewy and dry. (Ick!) But these were so good! They make the perfect breakfast cookie, I used dark chocolate chips instead of regular, and added just a wee bit of canola oil when I was mixing the batter to help it stick together. The crunch from the grape nuts is the best! :)

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Reviewed: Jul. 26, 2008

This is our new favorite cookie recipe! The texture of the grape nuts really makes it what it is. We made them even healthier by using 1/2 the butter and replacing the other half with applesauce. I also like to double the recipe and make a few batches and then freeze some of the dough for later use. We also eat the dough straight from the freezer. :)

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Sven

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Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2008

These Cookies are the best cookies I have ever had! I love that they have whole wheat flour but what really makes these the best is the nugget cereal (grapenuts)! It's SO GOOD!! You really should try it!

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Marla

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Reviewed: Feb. 6, 2008

delicious! I love the grape nuts crunch. I dont know why there is half regular and half wheat flour. Maybe I can just add grape nuts to my usual oatmeal cookie recipe? Either way, these are good.

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ARCTICAMY

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Reviewed: Feb. 6, 2008

Delicious! Instead of the nugget cereal, I added raisins. Instead of the sugar, I added 1/2 cup Splenda. Simply wonderful and easy to make.

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Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2007

Sorry everybody. I agree with Phil--they were dry and crumbly and I added an extra egg, too, which stiffened the dough and I was hoping for the best. From now on, I'll go with the recipe that's on the Quaker Oats box. They're the best that I've had so far.

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Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2006

These were excellent. I did, however change a few things. I used 3/4 cup sucanat in leau of all sugars. I used spelt flour in leau of all flours. I also used Wheat germ instead of "wheat and Barley". They endd up tasting very good!

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2006

Yumm! Mine came out a little dry so I added another egg. They were great. Soo may flavours rolled up in oatmeal!

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Phil

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Reviewed: May 10, 2006

Really tasty with a tall glass of milk! I added some almond extract, a little nutmeg, and some cinnamon. I used almonds instead of walnuts. I didn't have the grapenuts, so I just left that part out. I love the combination of white and whole wheat flour. Makes for a great texture! :)

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Chelsey Wolnowski

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Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2005

Really liked these, great texture and flavor! My son said he could eat the all the dough up before I made them. It's just that good!

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NOSEYROSEY

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Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2005

These are really good. In an effort to keep my husband away from some of the really gross snack foods (Little Debbies, Hostess Twinkies...) I have been making more things from scratch and these will be a staple at our house. Normally I take great pains to follow a recipe to the letter the first time but I was out of chocolate chips and used Reeses Peanut Butter Chips instead and was very pleased with the result. Thanks for a great recipe. Additional Note! I made these again a couple of weeks later and (still) didn't have any chocolate chips and put in a heaping 1/2 cup of toffee chips. Wonderful.....

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