Fruit sweet and sugar free - no cholesterol oatmeal cooki

16 cookies

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
⅓ cup Walnuts
½ cup Whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
⅓ cup Oil
¼ cup Fruit sweetener
⅓ cup Raisins
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
⅛ teaspoon Salt
1½ cup Rolled oats
¼ cup Raisin water

Directions

FRUIT AND NUTS

DRY INGREDIENTS

WET INGREDIENTS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with baking paper. Toast the walnuts in the preheated oven for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow the nuts to cool. Then process in a food processor, using the pulsing action, until they are coarsely chopped.

Bring ⅔ cup water to a boil and add the raisins. When the water returns to the boil, turn off the heat. Let the raisins plump in the water for at least 10 minutes. Drain the raisins, saving the raisin water. Sift the flour, baking powder, spices and salt into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the rolled oats. In a medium size bowl, whisk the wet ingredients together until thickened. Stir the wet mix into the dry ingredients, mixing for one minute until the oats begin to break down. Stir in the chopped walnuts and the plumped raisins.

Using a #24 (2 tablespoons) scoop, or a spoon, scoop out the dough and place the balls 1 inch apart on the baking sheets, with lightly moistened fingers, flatten each cookie to a thickness of ⅓ inch.

Bake until golden brown, 15-18 minutes. Remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool.

Submitted By JANE KNOX On 10-19-94

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