Busters Recipes

High Energy Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oat bran
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cup raisins/chopped dried
apricots or cherries
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1 egg or 2 egg whites slightly
beaten
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved
in 1 teaspoon hot water
1 1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup pecans/walnuts/almonds
coarsely chopped

In a large mixing bowl, combine whole wheat flour, oat
bran and cinnamon pluss half the dried fruit, set aside.
In the food processor or blender, combine the brown sugar
and oil, puree. Add the remaining dried fruit and puree
again. Add egg, vanilla and baking soda and puree just to
combine. Bu hand, combine the liquid and oatmeal with the
dry ingredients, adding them alternately and mixing well.
Fold in the nuts. This makes a fairly dry dough. Spoon
onto a lightly greased baking sheet and bake in a
preheated oven at 375 degrees for 10-12minutes or until
lightly browned.