A healthful Raisin Breakfast Cookie for breakfast? Sign us up! Orange juice and prunes or applesauce, rather than butter, play the major role in moistening these cookies, which have enough fiber to be satisfying. And enough flavor to disappear fast.
Ingredients
2cupsall purpose flour
1-1/4cupsold fashioned rolled oats
1cupSplenda Brown Sugar Blend (or Brown Sugar)
1-1/2teaspoonsbaking soda
1/2teaspoonbaking powder (low sodium)
3/4teaspoonground cinnamon
1/4teaspoonSea Salt
1/4cupapplesauce
1/4cuporange juice
3tablespoonsunsalted butter- melted
3 largeegg whites
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
1/3cupraisins
1/4cupapricots- dried and chopped
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter or spray 2 baking sheets.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, sugar, baking soda and powder, cinnamon and salt.
Add applesauce, orange juice, melted butter, egg whites, and vanilla. Mix with a wooden spoon until blended. Stir in raisins and apricots.
For each cookie, scoop a generous tablespoon of dough from the bowl and drop onto baking sheets, to get 24 cookies.
Bake 10-11 minutes, until set and lightly browned around edges.
Transfer to wire racks and cool. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days, or freeze.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
Try it with dried blueberries in place of the apricots or raisins.
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