Oatmeal Cookies Light Recipe
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Oatmeal Cookies Light

By: MSGOODBAKE 
"Easy oatmeal cookies made with reduced fat substitutions. "

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.8 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (24)

Prep Time:
10 Min
Cook Time:
8 Min
Ready In:
18 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 4 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups reduced fat margarine
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 cups rolled oats

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg whites one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and baking soda; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in the rolled oats. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
  3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 68 | Total Fat: 2.6g | Cholesterol: 0mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 6, 2004 by KARINTRACY   view full review
After reading the other two reviews, I made a couple of changes. I added a little more flour...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 27, 2008 by Jade   view full review
Instead of 1 1/4c margarine I used 2/3 cup margarine and 2/3 cup unsweetended applesauce, also...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 7, 2004 by JDABPETERSON   view full review
Cookies are delicious. I found them to fall apart very easily, however the taste outweighed ...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 27, 2008 by Christopher   view full review
I substituted as follows: 3/4 c. mashed bananas 1/2 c. crisco for the margarine 1 1/2 c....
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 8, 2008 by Erin   view full review
I just made a dozen of these cookies and they turned out great! Even though they have less...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on May 7, 2008 by chef tara   view full review
These were good, but not the best. I doubled the flour and the dough was still tough to manage...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2010 by dancemom   view full review
Combing suggestions from a couple of reviews I was able to still retain the "light" aspect of...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on May 15, 2006 by fsu77noles   view full review
These completely fell apart. I added flour and still no good. That is what I get for not...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 17, 2007 by Sarah Ann   view full review
These were good--a little on the dry side.
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 3, 2004 by KJBARN99   view full review
They taste great, but we needed a spoon to eat them, because they fell apart completely.

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