Healthy Harvest Cookies

Name: Healthy Harvest Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 48 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar or 1 cup sucanat; 1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato; 1/2 cup margarine, melted; 1 egg; 2 cups oatmeal; 1 cup whole wheat flour or 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup ground flax seed meal; 3 tablespoons wheat germ; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 large all-purpose apple, finely chopped

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Recipe by WI Cheesehead

I got this recipe from a Betty Crocker Cookies Brownies & Bars booklet. They are very healthy, moist and tasty. They don't spread, so be sure to flatten them before cooking. I altered it a little bit.

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READY IN: 22mins

YIELD: 48 cookies

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup sugar or 1 cup sucanat
1

cup mashed cooked sweet potato
¹⁄₂

cup margarine, melted
1

egg
2

cups oatmeal
1

cup whole wheat flour or 1 cup all-purpose flour
¹⁄₄

cup ground flax seed meal
3

tablespoons wheat germ
1

teaspoon ground cinnamon
¹⁄₂

teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂

teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₄

teaspoon ground cloves
1

large all-purpose apple, finely chopped

DIRECTIONS

Heat oven to 350°F.
Spray cookies sheet with non-stick cooking spray (or use parchment paper).
Beat sugar, sweet potatoes, margarine and egg in large bowl on medium speed until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Drop by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake about 12 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched.
Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire rack.

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