Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Since Justin spent the past few days moving up to Boston, there won’t be an new episode of Prime Cuts TV this week. So, we brought you something even better. Today we have a guest post from Ari Herzog. Ari has been nice enough to share a peanut butter oatmeal raisin cookie recipe. Yes, you read that right, tons of yummy goodness in one perfect cookie. Oh yeah, and it’s healthy too. Without further ado….
Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
The original came from allrecipes.com, but I’ve amended it over the past year. For instance, the original called for butter which I replaced with apple sauce; and white sugar and brown sugar, which I replaced with just brown sugar. Making it healthy and low-fat.
The “toppings” (banana, oats, raisins) can be substituted with chocolate chips, nuts, etc. for a different result.
Ingredients
1 cup apple sauce
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup peanut butter (chunky is best)
1 tsp vanilla extract (or Kalhua, if preferred)
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
3 mashed ripe bananas
2 cups instant oats
1/2 cup raisins
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a medium bowl, mix the apple sauce and brown sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the peanut butter and vanilla. Combine the flour and baking soda, and stir into the mixture. Finally, stir in the oats and raisins.
3. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an unprepared cookie sheet.
4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cookies are lightly toasted on the edges. Remove and cool.
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