Spiced Oatmeal Cookies

Here is a healthy cookie that I tried last week. It is actually more like a drop muffin if you will than a cookie. It is made with whole wheat flour! I found that these make a great morning pre-run fuel up. I can eat two of them and have the energy to go for my run without feeling blechy.

At first I wasn't sure if I liked them, but the more of them I ate the more I liked them. They are a good healthy choice for a sweet snack. They are not too sweet, but just sweet enough to feel like a treat. They are also filling in their own way. My kids like them too, and that is the kicker! I made a dozen to take to play group, but my kids ate all of them that night so I only had two left! Just don't tell your kids they are healthy.

• ¾ cup oil
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 12-ounce can evaporated skimmed milk
• 3 cups quick oats
• 1 cup raisins (I substituted 1 cup dehydrated apple slices that I rehydrated and chopped up)

1. Mix oil, sugar, molasses and eggs in your mixer. In a separate bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients except the oats and raisins. Slowly add a little of the dry ingredients, then some of the milk. Keep repeating until all of the dry ingredients and all of the milk has been added to the mixer. Mix well. Blend in oats and raisins

2. Drop dough from a spoon onto nonstick baking sheet. Bake in a 350 oven for 10-12 minutes or until light brown.

Tip: You can use one tablespoon apple pie spice in place of the cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

Yield: 84 small cookies/muffins

62 Calories, 2g Fat, 1g Protein, 9g Carbs, 45mg Sodium

From Set for Life Cookbook page 243.