The basic Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix is tasty, but it can be made better if you don’t follow the baking instructions. The Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix is very easy to use, and provides a great starting point for baking healthy oatmeal cookies. S
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Easy to Use
Baking with a pre-made dry cookie mix like the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix can save you a lot of preparation time and last-minute trips to the store for that one missing ingredient.
Minimal Ingredients
The Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix is easy to use because all you add is butter and an egg. You can make the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix even healthier when you replace the butter in the mix.
You can turn the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie mix into a healthy oatmeal cookie recipe by substituting the butter. If you can find rice oil spread use that. Some people also use mashed, cooked beans including pinto beans. Or replace half the butter with apple butter, apple sauce or baby food prunes.
Nutrition of the Pre-Made Oatmeal Cookie Mix
For oatmeal cookies the e Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix is not the healthiest available. I would say the best reason to buy the e Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix is for convenience.
You can make tastier and healthier oatmeal cookies from scratch.
Flavors
The Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix is missing some classic flavors typically found in healthy oatmeal cookies
The first missing flavor in the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix is cinnamon. Luckily, its easy enough to add the missing cinnamon flavor to the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix.
Health tip: Not only will adding ground cinnamon add extra flavor to the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie mix, it can also “help lessen its impact on your blood sugar levels.” when added to food with high carbohydrate levels, according to the Department of Medicine, Malmö University Hospital. (World’s Healthiest Foods)
Nutmeg is another flavor which is missing from the pre-made Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix.
I also found the Betty Crocker Mix to be lacking in Vanilla. Tip: In addition to the tablespoon of water need to make the Betty Crocker treats, add at least one teaspoon of Pure Vanilla. You can even add a tablespoon. The added vanilla extract will make the somewhat dry Betty Crocker dry mix tastier and more aromatic.
The Pre-Made Cookie Mix Is Too Flat
The Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix does not have enough texture. The oats are tiny, broken and flat and seem like an after-thought in the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix.
I would add some more items to give these pre-made cookies some much-needed texture. I would add a combination of the shredded coconut, semi-sweet baking chips, a cup of peanut butter chips, left-over M & Ms in any color, left over from any holiday, or raisins to the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix.
Healthier Baking Tip: Adding chopped walnuts to Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix is a good way to feel fuller on fewer cookies. Eating chopped walnuts in your oatmeal cookies may also help you not gain weight. For some people, maintaining weight, not gaining or losing is important to their health. According to one study in Obesity, “people who eat nuts at least twice a week are much less likely to gain weight than those who almost never eat nuts.” (Obesity)
Sources
Betty Crocker Product Package
World’s Healthiest Foods, http://www.whfoods.com
