Healthy Cookie Challenge: Peanutbutter Hazelnut cookies

This was a challenge within the class to bake the best tasting healthy cookie. Everyone was given the same recipe and had to alter it to be healthier, and judges came in to decide the best cookie. Our cookie placed third in the class! It's a very thin cookie, and it may look to be crunchy but it's soft and chewy, which I love. Here's the recipe if you'd like to try it:

Ingredients

75 mL peanutbutter

60 mL sugar

15 mL honey

75 mL brown sugar

1 egg

2 mL vanilla

125 mL flour

75 mL whole wheat flour

3 mL cinnamon

2 mL baking soda

1 mL salt

125 mL finely chopped hazelnuts

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Cream together peanutbutter, honey, and sugars.
3. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
4. In a separate bowl, stir together flours, cinnamon, baking soda, half the chopped hazelnuts, and salt.
5. Stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture.
6. Drop by spoon onto cookie sheet and sprinkle leftover hazelnuts on the tops.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes and cool on a cooling rack.

Be generous with the hazelnuts

The batter looks very liquidy, but
don't be alarmed. 

These turned out really well, earning us third place! Definitely better (and healthier!) than mac 'n cheese.