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Double Pumpkin Cookies

Courses: Dessert, Vegetarian

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon 15mlFlaxseeds
1 cup 160g / 5.6ozLight brown sugar - (packed)
1/3 cup 78mlSunflower oil
1 cup 237mlCanned solid pack pumpkin
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla extract
1 1/2 cups 93g / 3.3ozUnbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlBaking powder
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlBaking soda
1 teaspoon 5mlGround cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlGround allspice
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1/2 cup 55g / 1.9ozHulled pumpkin seeds - coarsely chopped
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozChopped dates

Recipe Instructions

In blender, grind flaxseeds to fine powder. Add 3 tablespoons water and blend until frothy. Set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In large bowl, combine sugar and oil. Beat with electric mixture on medium speed until well blended. Beat in pumpkin, flax mixture and vanilla until well blended, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. On low speed, beat in flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt and mix until combined. Stir in pumpkin seeds and dates until blended.

Drop batter by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart. Using fork, press cookies to flatten slightly. Bake until lightly browned, 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire rack and let cool completely.

This recipe yields 36 cookies.

Per Cookie: 67 Cal; 1g Prot; 2g Total Fat (0 Sat. Fat); 11g Carb.; 0mg Chol; 54mg Sod.; 1g Fiber.

Description:

"Pumpkin seeds and canned pumpkin provide a double dose of flavor in these moist and delicious cookies."

Source:
Vegetarian Times, March 2001

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