Chocolate Dipped Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
1/2 pound butter or margarine, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar substitute
Two eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1 cup raisins or semisweet chocolate chips (optional)

Glaze:
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
Heat oven to 350-degrees.
In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars with electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in oats and, if desired, raisins; mix well.

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool one minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely.

Melt chocolate chips according to package directions. Dip half of one cookie in chocolate; gently shake to remove excess. Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Place on waxed paper until set. Repeat with remaining cookies. If chocolate thickens, microwave at 15-second intervals until fluid. Store cookies with waxed paper between layers in tightly covered container.

Recipe makes about four dozen cookies.

Nutritional Information per Cookie:
Calories 140
Calories From Fat 70
Total Fat 8g
Saturated Fat 3.5g
Cholesterol 20mg
Sodium 65mg
Total Carbohydrates 18g
Dietary Fiber 2g
Protein 2g
Diabetic Exchange per cookie:  1/2 fruit

Courtesy of FitnessandFreebies.com
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