Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Almond Cocoa Cookies

ATTENTION: CHOCOLATE LOVERS:

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Almond Cocoa Cookies 

Can we say, “YES!”? These cookies have everything you could want in them, but you gotta love chocolate. I’ve made them a few times for friends at work and they seem to go over quite well : ) never a cookie left! See below for deliciousness:

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoons peanut butter

1/4 cup vegetable oil

4 tablespoons water

2 tablespoons ground flax seed

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1 T. unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup bittersweet or dark chocolate chips

1/3 cup chopped almonds

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, oats, and baking soda.

3. In a large bowl, stir together peanut butter, oil, water, flax, vanilla, sugars and cocoa powder.

4. Add dry ingredients to wet and stir until blended.

5. Stir in chocolate chips and almonds.

6. Dough will be a bit dry and crumbly.

7. Form into tablespoon size balls and place on a slightly greased baking sheet

8. Press dough balls down slightly.

9. Bake for 12 minutes.

10.Let cool on a wire rack and serve yourself a glass of cold milk!