Recipe

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Energy Cookies Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Kaeosmom / All my dishes 1 year, 11 months ago With about a serving of whole grains in each cookie, these cookies are filling, healthy, and still tastes really good! Prep:20m Cook:20m Servings:24	Kaeosmom
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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Coach's oats

2 1/2 cups hard red wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter or Smart Balance Butter Spread, softened

1 cup organic cane sugar

1 TB vanilla

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

1 cup Smart Balance peanut butter or any other unsweetened, nonhydrogenated peanut butter

2 large eggs

1 cup dried cranberries

Directions

In a food processor, pulse 1 cup of oats until they are finely ground. Place in a large mixing bowl. Add remaining 1/2 cup of un-ground oats and the rest of the dry ingredients and mix.

Beat butter or butter spread and sugar until fluffy on medium. Add vanilla, applesauce and peanut butter and beat a bit more. Add eggs one at a time, beating continuously on low-medium. Add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time or so. Fold cranberries into dough. Place back into mixing bowl, cover and refrigerate for 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Take 2 large spoons and shape a nice scoop of chilled oatmeal between the spoons. Place the dough on a lined cookie sheet. Press the dough mound with the back of spoon so it's flattened and still about a 1/3 inch thick or so. Make sure the cookies are about 1 1/2" apart.

Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the center of the cookie doesn't look real wet anymore.

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