Introduction to Making Organic Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Series Summary

The great thing about cookies is that you can eat them with your hands, they can be made out of a variety of sweet ingredients and you can decorate them with anything you want. Thanks to the discovery of sugar back in the Persian Empire, people have been making sweet desserts for centuries. Cookies are just one example of the goodness that sugar brings, but it might just be the best example of that goodness. Aside from sugar, cookies can have a variety of ingredients to give them a unique flavor, including spices, chocolate, butter, peanut butter, nuts or dried fruit. While chocolate chip cookies are the most well known of cookies, sugar cookies, peanut butter cookies and snickerdoodles are also popular favorites.

While most people think of cookies as junk food or unhealthy treats, our expert has developed a cookie recipes that is both delicious and healthy. In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to make organic whole wheat oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. In this recipe video, you will learn how to grind your own whole wheat, add a variety of oat grains and even a few sweet chocolate chips to make a nutritious cookie. Get tips and advice on key health foods and even how to eat on a budget when you pick the right ingredients.

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Sheryl McGlochlin with crazysheryl.com. Welcome to expertvillage.com. I am a cooking instructor and I specialize in an area of cooking that's kind of unique. One of my favorite classes to teach is feed a family of 4 on 160 dollars a month. Today we're going to do a cookie recipe and you're going to see why this is a great recipe to use when you're trying to save a lot of money and still eat really well. Today I want to talk about why these cookies are so important to make. I have 5 food goals. Every time I eat or teach a cooking class, I like to incorporate 5 of these goals in everything that I do regarding food. One is to have it be absolutely delicious. I wish you were here that you can try these freshly ground whole-wheat oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. They are delicious and they are very healthy and nutritious. They also have to be quick and easy and inexpensive, and most of all, have a very appealing look or great presentation. That is the 5 things I try to have in everything that I cook. Today, we're going to make these cookies and I'm going to show you why these are so fun and inexpensive to make. "