To make any cookie or muffin recipe a healthier one I replace white flour w/ spelt or barley flour, add some flax meal, replace milk w/ rice or almond milk, replace butter or margarine w/ Earths Best or Spectrum Spread non-dairy butter alternatives, and instead of white sugar I use maple syrup, honey, sucanat, or date sugar. Also, I buy the omega-rich eggs, and like to add extras like nuts, hemp seeds, dried fruit, etc. You end up w/ a much healthier, very tasty food!!