Carrot Raisin Oatmeal Cookies
Here's my favorite recipe for healthy carrot raisin oatmeal cookies that I learned many years ago from a fellow named Gerald Pedersen. Because this is an extremely healthy oatmeal cookie recipe, sugar addicts and sweet cookie connoiseurs will probably not go as hog wild over these treats as I do.
But, hey, that's tough toenails, right?
Anyway, I love this recipe, and I cook up a batch every month or two.
Gerald's Carrot Raisin Oatmeal Cookies
4 oz prunes
3 Tbs water
3/4 cup honey
1 1/2 cup shredded carrots
2/3 cup raisins
2 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 cup oats
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
Pecan halves
Puree prunes with the water in a food processor until smooth. Place in a mixing bowl. Stir in honey, carrots, and raisins. Add remaining ingredients except pecan halves. Mix well. Drop spoonfuls of dough on a greased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly. Press a pecan half in the center of each cookie. Bake at 275F degrees for 15 minutes or until set and just starting to brown. Remove to cooling racks. Makes three dozen.
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But, hey, that's tough toenails, right?
Anyway, I love this recipe, and I cook up a batch every month or two.
Gerald's Carrot Raisin Oatmeal Cookies
4 oz prunes
3 Tbs water
3/4 cup honey
1 1/2 cup shredded carrots
2/3 cup raisins
2 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 cup oats
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
Pecan halves
Puree prunes with the water in a food processor until smooth. Place in a mixing bowl. Stir in honey, carrots, and raisins. Add remaining ingredients except pecan halves. Mix well. Drop spoonfuls of dough on a greased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly. Press a pecan half in the center of each cookie. Bake at 275F degrees for 15 minutes or until set and just starting to brown. Remove to cooling racks. Makes three dozen.
If you have a healthy cookie recipe you'd like to share, use the comment link below, please.
And if you want to subscribe to my free cookie recipe newsletter (which features a healthy cookie recipe as well as a traditional cookie recipe each week), click here and join the fun.
Chet "Cookie Man" Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com
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5 Comments:
On your french onion soup try half sherry and half white wine. Also season your crouton with garlic powder, paprika, and liquid butter, (just a little). Then top it off with provolone instead of swiss. This makes a delightful bowl of french onion soup.
Is there a susbtitute for the prunes? the idea of mashed prunes in my cookies makes me gag.
Anonymous: I haven't tried it, but I imagine that any soaked, pureed, dried fruit would be better than the prunes. How about dried peaches or apricots?
Actually, prunes are really, really good this way. Try it. I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Chet
I used dried figs because I had no prunes. They needed a little more water to puree but the cookies turned out very good. Thanks.
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