breakfast cookies
(from betani’s recipe box)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 35 people
Categories: breakfast
Ingredients
- -2 cups dark brown sugar
- -2 1/2 cups of rolled oats
- -3 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour
- -1 tablespoon of baking soda
- -1 teaspoon of baking powder
- -1 teaspoon of salt
- -1 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
- -3/4 cup of flaxseed meal (or 1/4 cup of unsweetened applesauce, pumpkin, or oil)
- -2 medium mashed bananas (a little more than 1/2 cup, or 1/2 cup of pumpkin if you didn't use it above)
- -2 tablespoons of water
- -3 whole eggs (the original recipe said 5 egg whites)
- -1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
- -3/4 cup of craisins*
- -1/4 cup of pecans*
- -1/3 cup of dates*
- *can be replaced with any dried fruit or nuts
Directions
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put the dried fruit in a bowl with boiling water and let soak until you need to add it.
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preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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in a large bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients.
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make a well in the center and pour in the wet ingredients, mix together slowly.
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add in the dried fruit and nuts.
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roll into golf ball sized balls and press to about 1/2 thick on a greased cookie sheet. place cookies about 2" apart.
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place in oven and cook for 8 minute for chewy cookies or 10-12 for dry cookies.
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remove from sheets to let cool.
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after cooled, place in bags (together or individually) and freeze for later use or eat right away.