Whole-wheat Flax, Fruit, and Spice Cookies
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
5 dozen
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup canola oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs (or 1 egg and 2 egg whites)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cups uncle sam cereal
- 1 -2 cup currants or 1 -2 cup raisins
directions
- Cream together oil and sugar until well-blended.
- Add eggs; beat 2 minutes.
- Beat in vanilla, orange juice,& orange rind.
- Sift together flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- Beat flour mixture into orange-egg mixture.
- Fold in Uncle Sam cereal and fruit; mix well.
- Dough will be sticky.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased or parchment-lined cookie sheets.
- (A heaping spoonful of dough will spread to approx a 3" cookie).
- Flatten slightly with moistened fork if desired.
- Bake at 400F for 8-10 minutes (in my oven it works better to do 7-8 min at 375; adjust depending upon how your oven cooks).
- Cool briefly on cookie sheet then remove to cooling rack.
- Store in airtight container.
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