Busters Recipes

Carrot and Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup honey
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups whole-wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice
2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups raisins
2 cups grated carrots

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a mixing bowl beat together the honey, oil, vanilla and eggs. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and oatmeal and blend well. Then stir in the nuts, raisins and carrots. Add the liquid ingredients to the mixture and blend well. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an oiled cookie sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown. Remove the cookies from the cookie sheet and cool them on a rack before storing.
Yield: 7 dozen