“Healthified” Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies

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Source: Eat Better America

Prep time: 80 minutes
Serves 36 people

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread stick, softened
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 2 egg whites
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, toasted

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease or spray cookie sheets. In large bowl, beat vegetable oil spread and sugars with electric mixer on low speed until creamy. Beat in buttermilk, egg whites and vanilla until well mixed.

  2. On low spped, beat in flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt until well mixed. Stir in oats, raisins and pecans. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Slightly flatten each.

  3. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until set and very light golden brown. Cool 1 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container.

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