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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [Food & Wine](https://time.com/author/food-wine-2/) ## Food & Wine Jan 26, 2015 8:57 PM UTC  Five oatmeal cookies on white background Five oatmeal cookies on white background Getty Images by [Food & Wine](https://time.com/author/food-wine-2/) ## Food & Wine Jan 26, 2015 8:57 PM UTC Unless you’re bent on eliminating sweets from your diet (and we know a doctor who [thinks you shouldn’t](http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/sugar-quit-or-not-quit)), you’ll agree that almost any dessert can be healthy when consumed in moderation. But we can do better. Here, five recipes for delicious cookies that pack legit nutritional benefits. **1\.** [**Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies with Flax**](http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/oatmeal-raisin-cookies-with-flax) Flax seed meal and whole flax seeds add nutritional value to these gooey oatmeal raisin cookies. **2\.** [**Chocolate Coconut Snap Cookies**](http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-coconut-snap-cookies) There’s no butter in these ultra-chocolaty cookies. Instead, the recipe calls for coconut oil. **3\.** [**Chewy Cinnamon-Spelt Cookies with Sea Salt**](http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chewy-cinnamon-spelt-cookies-with-sea-salt) A vegan twist on the classic snickerdoodle, these cookies are ultra-chewy with crinkly sugary tops. **4\.** [**Cocoa Nib-Almond Lace Cookies**](http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/cocoa-nib-almond-lace-cookies) Coconut oil, cocoa nibs and sliced almonds combine together to make these lace cookies extra crispy. They’re rich and butter (yet butterless) and full of almond flavor. **5\.** [**Gluten-Free Strawberry and Chia Seed Newton Cookies**](http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/gluten-free-strawberry-and-chia-seed-newton-cookies) These gluten-free cookies have a delicious filling of dried fruit, strawberry jam and chia seeds. _This_ [_article_](http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/2015/1/15/5-healthy-cookies-yes-healthy?xid=PS%5Ftime) _originally appeared on_ [_Food & Wine_](http://www.foodandwine.com)_._ _More from Food & Wine:_ * [21 Gluten-Free Cookies](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/gluten-free-cookies?xid=PS%5Ftime) * [America’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/americas-best-chocolate-chip-cookies?xid=PS%5Ftime) * [30 More Cookie Recipes](http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/cookies?xid=PS%5Ftime) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3678719/healthier-cookies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3678719/healthier-cookies/"},"headline":"5 Cookies That Are Actually Pretty Good For You","datePublished":"2015-01-26T20:57:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:38.862Z","description":"These cookies come with surprising amount of nutritional benefits","url":"https://time.com/3678719/healthier-cookies/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","Living","Food & Drink","cookies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt434794e2393ed4da/69877bfcf887dc4f10e89c01/cookies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Food & Wine","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/food-wine-2/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt434794e2393ed4da/69877bfcf887dc4f10e89c01/cookies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cookies","caption":"cookies","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3678719/healthier-cookies/","name":"5 Cookies That Are Actually Pretty Good For You"}}]}] ```