Help with crumbly cookies?

[Guest guest]

Hello

I have a problem with cookies that crumble ever since I started

substituting with healthier ingredients, like no margarine. When I

first take them out off of the cookie sheet, the cookies are really

flat, then start crumbling. Does any one have any suggestions on how

to maintain a whole cookie in shape?

Typical basic ingredients that I use in a cookie recipe:

- all butter

- all freshly ground wheat

- raw sugar cane crystals, or turbinada sugar

- rolled oats

- chocolate chips (yes, yes, I know!)

I have tried adding a bit of kefir, but that doesn't seem to help. I

have also tried putting the cookie dough in muffin tins to maintain a

better shape, but they still crumble. I have left the cookies cool on

the cookie sheet before removing, it still crumbles.

Kids just won't eat crumbs . . . nor guests for that matter.

Gayle