Oatmeal Cookies

Recipes / Oatmeal Cookies

The purpose of these cookies is to provide an excellent source of nutrition, and displace other less healthy snack foods in the diet.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of whole wheat flour (Einkorn is best, then Spelt)
• 2 cups rolled oats (not instant)
• 3/4 cup VCO (Virgin Coconut Oil), melted but not hot
• 2 Tbsp raw apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice, or one of each)

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• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar
• 1/2 tspn unrefined sea salt (Himalayan Pink, Celtic, etc.)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (Ceylon is healthiest)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup raisins, or more as desired

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8 to 12 hours before you want to bake the cookies:

STEP 1: Add flour and oats to a large mixing bowl, and mix gently with a spoon to combine.

STEP 2: Melt VCO and mix in vinegar and/or lemon juice.

STEP 3: Pour melted VCO mixture over top of oat-flour mixture; stir until thoroughly mixed and moistened. (Note: mixture will be moistened, and somewhat crumbly)

STEP 4: Cover bowl and set aside, at room temperature, for 8 to 12 hours.

Cookie baking day (8+ hours later):

STEP 5: Cover cookie sheet or oven tray with wax paper (kitchen or parchment paper).

STEP 6: In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda.

STEP 7: Add the egg mixture to the bowl of "soaked" flour-oats. Stir in with a spoon until thoroughly combined.

STEP 8: Sprinkle in raisins and work them into the dough.

STEP 9: Scoop cookie dough onto tray in 1 Tbsp sized round balls, spaced evenly apart.

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Baking Instructions

Using Toaster Oven:

1. Preheat oven for 5 minutes at 600W
2. Place tray with cookies in oven
3. Cook for 10 minutes at 600W (cookies will flatten while cooking)
4. Cook for 5 more minutes at 900W, until edges become brown
5. Immediately remove cookies from tray (lift wax paper off of tray)
6. Repeat steps 1-5 if necessary, until all cookie dough is used

Using Conventional Ovens:

Cook at 375 degrees for about fifteen minutes.

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Makes 1 or 2 trays of cookies, depending on the size of the tray.

Makes about 20 cookies, depending on the size of the cookies.