Double Chocolate Cranberry Hazelnut Cookies

'Tis officially the cookie season and I have been baking lots of them. Few old favorites and some new ones. The old favorites are mostly Martha Stewart recipes.. Nothing beats the deliciousness of her chewy chocochips cookies... Nothing other than these Double Chocolate Cranberry Hazelnut Cookies...

In view of my husband's growing cholesterol and his doctor's advice I tweaked Martha's recipe to use whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour. Also I added some hazelnuts to the cookie dough.. Yes. like all nuts, the fat content in hazelnuts is high, however they are good unsaturated fats that keep your heart healthy and mentally alert. Consumption of the latter was also recommended by the doctor. (In case you are interested you can read more about the nutritional facts of hazelnuts here.)

I must mention that the whole wheat flour and the hazelnuts did not meddle with the awesomeness of these cookies... In spite of  their presence these cookies turned out to be as decadent as ever...

Chocolate and M & M studded Malted Milk Cookies & Weekly Menu Plan

Hi ! How was your weekend ? Mine wasn't very eventful though we did go thrifting and returned back satisfied. I bought a few pieces of kitchenware, little boy got a BIG car carrier and husband a bunch of music cds. Other than that we did very little...just the regular cleaning, grocery shopping and of course..... I baked these malted cookies and a lovely holiday bread. Will tell you more about the bread soon....but right now  its cookie time...

I had bookmarked these malted cookies from Bake for Happy Kids. The recipe there is an adaption of Pioneer Woman's Malted Milk Chocochip Cookies. Like Zoe I used Horlicks in place of malted milk powder and then tweaked the original recipe further by substituting all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour and the chocochips with an assortment of M & M's and pieces of dark chocolate. The final cookie was nice, snappy and addictive. They were a hit even with my toddler and our friend's preschooler so can safely be labeled as kid-friendly !