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Honey-Oatmeal Cookies

Adapted from "The Self-Healing Cookbook," by Kristina Turner (Earthtones Press, 1996). These chewy cookies are a hit with kids at Halloween.

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 36 people

Recipe Ingredients

3 cups 187g / 6.6ozOld-fashioned rolled oats - divided
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozUnbleached flour
4 teaspoons 20mlGround cinnamon
2 teaspoons 10mlBaking powder
2 teaspoons 10mlBaking soda
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlGround allspice
1/4 cup 40g / 1.4ozBrown sugar - (packed)
3/4 cup 177mlHoney
2 teaspoons 10mlVanilla
1 cup 237mlGrated peeled apple
3/4 cup 120g / 4.2ozRaisins
4   Egg whites - stiffly beaten

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In food processor, process 1 cup oats with flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, allspice and brown sugar until oats are coarsely ground and ingredients well mixed. Stir in remaining 2 cups oats.

In medium bowl, combine honey, vanilla, grated apple and raisins. Mix well. Stir into flour mixture, stirring just until incorporated. Fold in egg whites. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto nonstick baking sheets.

Bake 12 to 15 minutes, checking to avoid overbaking. Let cookies cool on baking sheet slightly before transferring to cooling rack.

Yields 3 dozen cookies.

Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 10-26-1998 - By Mary Carroll

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