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Early Riser Prune Cookies

Ample amounts of tangy flavor and fiber are offered in this quick, nutritious breakfast-to-go. Make a double batch and freeze extras for long-term storage.

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

3/4 cup 148g / 5.2ozButter or margarine - softened
1/2 cup 80g / 2.8ozBrown sugar - packed
1   Egg
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla
2 cups 125g / 4.4ozRolled oats
3/4 cup 46g / 1.6ozWhole-wheat flour
1/3 cup 78mlUnprocessed bran
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlAllspice
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlBaking soda
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlSalt
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozChopped, pitted prunes - (about 6 ounces)
1 cup 237mlApple - shreded (medium)
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozChopped walnuts

Recipe Instructions

In mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla. Combine oats, flour, bran, allspice, soda, and salt; mix into creamed mixture. Stir in prunes, apple, and walnuts. Drop by generous spoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets. Flatten to about 1/2-inch. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on racks. Store in airtight container. Securely wrapped, cookies can be frozen. This recipe yields 12 large cookies.

Content per Serving (one cookie):

calories .. 331 dietary fiber .. 5 g total fat .. 19 g

Source:
SWEET DELICIOUS CALIFORNIA PRUNES - (cookbooklet by mail) - Send a business-size SASE to - Sweet Delicious, California Prune Board, 5990 Stoneridge Dr., Suite 101, Pleasanton, CA 94588 - As reprinted in the Jan/Feb, 1992 issue of Cookbook Digest

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