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Ingredients
- 3/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup (1 small jar) strained carrot baby food
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup bran cereal flakes
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1/3 cup walnut pieces, lightly toasted in a dry skillet for 2 minutes, until fragrant and chopped
Directions
Place rack in center of oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Whisk together flours, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Combine butter, oil and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix on high speed, scraping down sides if necessary, until sugars have dissolved and mixture is light in color, about 1 minute. Add egg, carrot puree and vanilla and beat an additional 30 seconds. Add flour mixture and beat an additional 30 seconds. Add oats, flakes, raisins and walnuts and mix over low speed just until incorporated. Dough will be slightly sticky and less cohesive than traditional cookie dough. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Using between 3 to 4 tablespoons of batter, form a ball and place on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining batter, leaving about 3 inches between cookies. Wet hands and use palm of hand to flatten cookies until about 1/4-inch thick. Bake for 12 minutes, until cookies are fragrant but still soft. Let cookies cool slightly, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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By pfcarmymoms2003...
Skowhegan, ME
on January 27, 2012
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Just made these yesterday. Did not have baby food carrots so I steamed my own and smashed them. DId not have nuts either so I chopped up 1/3 cup of apple and added that. Easy recipe to make, yummy breakfast cookies,better than the one's the man on the oatmeal box. Will make these forever they are so good and easy to make. Thanks Ellie Wish I could give these a 10!! I have since started making these cookies without the oil or butter and use unsweetened applesauce. I add all kinds of different dried fruits in place of the raisens. Use almost any veggie you can think of in place of carrots. Also just tried them with grated carrots instead of stemed ones and they turned out great. Still love these after all the years I have been making them. Will make them forever. Mine only take 11 mins in my oven. Thanks again Ellie.
By kyburzca
Hansville WA
on January 18, 2012
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Okay, I can't say enough about these cookies. Since I discovered this recipe on FN (Ellie Krieger, my wife has not let me stop making them. If fact, when I don't make them, she is heart broken. They not only taste awesome, they help your digestive track quite well. I made one change though. I substituted Uncle Sam's Whole Wheat and Flax Seed cereal (sold at Walmart for around $2 for the bran flakes. Totally awesome cookies and they will be a recipe in our family forever.
By ldm9212
on January 15, 2012
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These cookies are soooo good! Very moist and tasty.
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