Dessert

Healthier Oatmeal and Fruit Cookies is for Dessert, Snack.

Healthier Oatmeal and Fruit Cookies takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Healthier Oatmeal and Fruit Cookies takes 40 minutes to cook.

Healthier Oatmeal and Fruit Cookies makes 36 servings.

The ingredients for Healthier Oatmeal and Fruit Cookies are:

Group 1
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt

Group 2
1/2 cup butter blended with canola oil (Shedd's or Land O Lakes)
3/4 cup Brown Sugar, packed
3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
2 large Eggs
2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Group 3
1 cup Golden Raisins
1 cup Dried Cherries
3 cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats

Here is how you make Healthier Oatmeal and Fruit Cookies:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pre-soak dried fruit in hot water to soften, and then drain.Combine Group 1 ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Cream Group 2 ingredients with a hand mixer, first butter and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla until just mixed and starting to fluff. Add Group 1 ingredients to Group 2 and mix until just blended. Do not overmix. Add the oats, and then the well-drained raisins and cherries. You will have to stir these in by hand unless you have a powerful mixer. Using a 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop or a large spoon, drop balls of dough onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Average cookie sheet will be three batches.Bake 12-14 minutes until light brown on top. Cool on a baking rack. Makes 36 cookiesNumber of Servings: 36Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user GALPONETTA.

The nutritional information for Healthier Oatmeal and Fruit Cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 36
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 129.6

• Total Fat: 2.7 g
• Cholesterol: 15.2 mg
• Sodium: 91.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 28.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
• Protein: 2.0 g

The dietary needs meet for Healthier Oatmeal and Fruit Cookies is Low Fat