My
Favorite Recipes
For Oatmeal
Cookies
by Beth Scott
When you think of oatmeal
cookies I'll bet you think of bland, tasteless cookies. No one
likes bland cookies, so instead of eating healthy you probably
buy or make sugary treats that will satisfy your sweet tooth.
Healthy does not mean something
has to be bland or bad tasting. Recipes for oatmeal cookies are a
good example of this.
If you know the right recipes
and secrets, you'll turn out cookies so appetizing you'll have to
resisting eating every last one. But if not, your recipes for
oatmeal cookies will
turn out bland unpalatable cookies
Here is one fact you've
probably never heard before: when making oatmeal cookies if you
use quick cooking oats, your cookies will come out bland.
This means no "cooks in 5
minutes" oats. Instead you will want to buy rolled oats from the
bulk section of any food store.
These following 2 recipes for
oatmeal cookies will change your opinion about healthy snack foods
entirely.
Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups pastry flour
- 1 cup carob powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1 egg
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and lightly oil 2
cookie sheets. Stir flour, carob powder, baking powder, and
spices together in a large bowl.
2. In a
seperate bowl of medium size whip the oil, honey, and egg until they're
light and fluffy. You can use a fork if you don't have an egg
beater.
3. Beat in
the bananas and the vanilla extract
until the mixture is smooth. Gradually stir the flour mix and
oats into the liquids, until they're well combined, and no flour is
visible.
4. Use a
large serving spoon to drop scoops of
the batter 1 inch apart on the cookie sheets. Bake them for 12 to
15 minutes or until golden. Remove and allow them to cool before
serving. Makes 2 and 1/2 dozen cookies.
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