Saturday, June 27, 2009

Oatmeal Cookies

This recipe is also from the Deceptively Delicious cookbook......

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
6 tablespoons trans-fat-free soft tub margarine spread, chilled
1/2 cup banana puree
1/2 cup zucchini puree
1 large egg white
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1/2 cup walnuts(optional)

Preheat oven 350 f. coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.

In bowl combine flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. stir to mix.

In a Separate large bowl beat sugar, margarine, with wooden spoon until just combine; do not over mix. Add banana and zucchini purees and the egg white, stir to blend. Add the flour mixture, raisins and walnuts.

Drop dough by heaping tablespoons onto baking sheets, leaving 1 inch in between. bake until golden brown 12-15 min. let cool on baking sheets 5 min then transfer to a rack to cool.

I love that I don't feel bad packing these cookies to feed Zack when we are out doing things, because they have so many good things in them.
Benefits of zucchini: lots of vitamin C

1 comment:

  1. I tried these Kendall and they are great! I loved the recipe. It's probably the best around! Miss you guys hope you had fun in Hawaii. Tell Zack hello.

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