There comes an time in every otherwise health-conscious person's life when they need to contribute something sweet to a buffet. For this otherwise-health conscious person, today was that day. I very rarely bake sweets... If they're around, I'll either eat them all, which is bad, or manage to not eat them all and let them to go to waste, which is also bad. So I always look forward to occasions like barbecues and pot-lucks as opportunities to bake something marvelously fattening, eat some, then get the rest out of my house and into several other happy bellies. Win-win!
And don't let the name fool you, these are not "healthy" cookies. These suckers are absolutely packed with sugar and butter and delicious chocolate. I just happen to like the nutty flavor brought on by using whole-wheat flour, so I've used it to replace half of the regular white flour. They're based on Eric Wolitzky's recipe, adapted slightly from here.
