Recipe - Honey-Oatmeal Cookies

3 cup Oldfashioned rolled oats;
divided
1 cup Unbleached flour
4 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon Baking powder
2 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Ground allspice
One fourth cup Brown sugar ; (packed)
Three fourths cup Honey
2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Grated peeled apple
Three fourths cup Raisins
4 Egg whites; stiffly beaten

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.

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

Recipe Source: St. Louis PostDispatch 10261998 By Mary Carroll

Formatted for MasterCook by Susan Wolfe vwmv81a@prodigy.com

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