Fruity Breakfast Cookie
- Yield: 2 dozen
You’ll be supermom when you send your kids to the bus stop with these nutrition packed cookies. Oats for fiber, flaxseeds and walnuts for omega-3s, dried fruit for antioxidants, and carbohydrates for energy will keep their brains working faster than a speeding train.
Ingredients
- 1cup butter
- 1cup granulated sugar
- 1cup packed brown sugar
- 1teaspoon salt
- 2teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2-- eggs
- 1cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/2cup flaxseed meal
- 1/2cup whole-wheat flour
- 1 to 1 1/2cups self-rising flour
- 1cup dried cranberries or cherries
- 1cup chopped dried apricots or dried plums
- 1cup raisins
- 2cups chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Combine butter, sugars, salt and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs.
- Stir in oats, flaxseed meal, whole-wheat flour and 1 cup self-rising flour. Add additional self-rising flour in ¼ cup increments if dough is still sticky. Stir in fruits and nuts until well combined.
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Scoop dough onto a baking sheet, using a 1-ounce (2-tablespoon) scoop. Bake 10 to 13 minutes, until cookies are puffy and light tan. Be careful not to overbake. The centers will be a bit doughy and dense. Makes 2 dozen.
Recipe by Mary Carter.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 310
- Fat 15g
- Cholesterol 25mg
- Sodium 140mg
- Carbohydrate 40g
- Fiber 3g
- Sugars 140mg
- Protein 4g