Have a healthy and tasty cookie today: March 18 is Oatmeal Cookie Day (Photos)

All cookies are not created equal. However, here is one you can eat that is actually healthy.

March 18 is Oatmeal Cookie Day.
Oatmeal cookies are one of the oldest and healthiest cookies you can eat. They have been around since the late 1800s. Oatmeal cookies originated in England.

Today's oatmeal cookie evolved from the savory oatcake. In the Middle Ages, soldiers carried oatcakes with them just in case they needed a quick boost of energy during battle.

The modern-day oatmeal cookie is much sweeter than oatcakes. However, oatmeal cookies share many of the same ingredients as oatcakes such a spices, nuts, and raisins.

Oatmeal cookies are the healthiest type of cookies because of their high source of iron and fiber.

There are many types of cookies you can choose from. Let your choice today be the oatmeal cookie.

To celebrate Oatmeal Cookie Day. Find a quick and easy recipe to make oatmeal cookies for your family, or pick up a batch from the groceries store. Your family will love you for it.

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, Food & Recipes Examiner

Rev. Margaret Minnicks has been a licensed minister since 1995 and an ordained minister of Christian education since 1996. Rev. Minnicks received a B.A. in English from Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia in 1968, a M.A. in Christian Education from the Presbyterian School of Christian...

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