Low Fat & Sugar-Free Oatmeal Cookies
Yield: 1 Cake  VG, SoF, EF, SuF

1/2 c Tightly packed pitted prunes
2 tb Unsalted butter--
--  (at room temperature)
2 tb Oil
1 1/2 c Fruit juice concentrate
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 1/4 c Whole wheat pastry flour
1 c Rolled oats
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt

Preheat oven to 350. Spray 2 baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray or line with parchment paper. In a food processor, combine prunes with 1/4 cup warm water; process until smooth. Transfer pureed prunes to a large bowl; whisk in butter and oil until smooth. Gradually whisk in fruit-juice concentrate and vanilla.

In a small bowl, stir together flour, rolled oats, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to the prune mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until blended. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake one sheet at a time for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to racks and let cool.

"This recipe originally called for 3 1/4 cups of flour which I found  made the batter too dry. I modified it to call for only 2 1/4 cups flour as indicated above. This is an approximate amount. If you find the batter is too thin try adding up to another 1/4 cup flour.

These cookies have a wonderful flavour. I used orange juice which complemented the prunes quite nicely."

Lynn Russell, tester

Summer 2001 Guilt-Free Desserts
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