Breakfast Prune cookies
From mbeards2 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 36
These hearty cookies are great for those rushed mornings, just grab a handful and glass a milk and you're good. The recipe originally came from "Cookies! A Cookie Lover's Collection".
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) packed brown sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) vegetable shortening shopping list
- 1/4 cup (50 mL) butter or margarine, softened shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1 teasp. vanilla shopping list
- 2 cups (500 mL) uncooked quick-cooking oats shopping list
- 1 cup (250 mL) whole wheat flour shopping list
- 1/2 teasp. (2 mL) baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 teasp. (2 mL) ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1/4 teasp. (1 mL) ground ginger shopping list
- 1/4 teasp. (1 mL) ground cloves shopping list
- 1/4 teasp. (1 mL) salt shopping list
- 1 cup (250 mL) chopped "orange essence" prunes shopping list
- 1 cup (250 mL) finely chopped cooking apple shopping list
- 1 cup (250 mL) chopped pecans shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 350F (180C).
- Lightly grease cookie sheets. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, shortneing, butter, egg and vanilla.
- Beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt.
- Beat at low speed until a soft dough forms.
- Stir in the prunes, apples and pecans.
- Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls 2 inches (5 cm) apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Cool completely before storing.
People Who Like This Dish 4
- notyourmomma South St. Petersburg, FL
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I love the orange essence prunes and these would be a great breakfast treat. It will be a regular in our household, no pun intended. LOL, thanks for the post.
notyourmomma
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I agre with Juels, and will be saving this recipe as well. ~~~Judy~~~
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Saving this recipe! These cookies sound soooo goood! Love the ingredients here!
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