APPLE SPICE COOKIES

Hey gang: Well I tried these cookies tonight and they are so good, nice and soft with just a hint of the cloves and cinnamon. Next time I make them I am going to get inventive and try blueberries instead of the apple. The recipe called for peeled apples but I left the skin on as I like the extra texture. Just had a large glass of milk (calcium) and a few cookies as my bedtime snack. Totally yummy. They are quite sweet so some may choose to reduce the splenda.
APPLE SPICE COOKIES
Oven: 375'
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 cup margarine.....I use Becel
1 egg
1/4 cup apple juice
2/3 cup brown sugar spenda....original recipe calls for 1 1/2 cup brown sugar.
3/4 cup granulated splenda
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped apple...I left the skin on.
The original recipe calls for 1 cup of rasins, but I choose not to put them in.
Cream together margarine, egg and apple juice, add in sugars and mix well.
Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves.
Mix the dry ingredients into the margarine mixture and mix well.
Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.
Recipe says that there should be 4 1/2 dozen cookies, but I like a large cookie and so I ended up with 47 cookies that is pretty close to 4 dozen LOL.
TTFN
Jake

PUMPKIN COOKIES

Hey gang: Well here is another cookie recipe, these are really healthy, as everyone knows pumpkin is a vegetable. I have been making these for a few months now. They are another recipe that I have had forever and just adjusted some of the ingredients.
PUMPKIN COOKIES
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar splenda...the original recipe calls for 1 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
1/2 cup granulated splenda..or a little bit more if you like them sweet.
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup of puree pumpkin..I use canned pumpkin.
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup raisins...optional
Oven....375'
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugars.
Cream together margarine, eggs and vanilla and add pumpkin.
Mix in dry ingredients add nuts and raisins. Mix well and drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
Bake for 15 minutes, cool and then enjoy with a tall glass of skim milk or a nice cup of tea or coffee.
Makes about 4 dozen medium cookies.
Sometimes if I don't feel like baking the cookies I put the dough in the refrigerator overnight and bake them the next day.
Once again I don't have the values for these cookies but they are really healthy and delicious.
Oh and by the way for the previous recipe the Banana Oatmeal Cookies I also make them a day in advance and bake them the next day.

BANANA OATMEAL COOKIES

Hey gang: This is a recipe that I have adapted from an old cookbook that I have had for a million years. The cookies are soft and good with a big glass of skim milk at bedtime.
BANANA OATMEAL COOKIES
1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
3/4 cup margarine (I use becel)
1/2 cup brown sugar splenda
1/2 cup splenda
1 egg, beaten
1 cup mashed banana puree.....about 3 medium bananas
1 3/4 cups oats.....if you used the old fashioned oats the cookies taste nuttier
1 cup chopped nuts
Oven...375'
Combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, sugars and oats together. In a bowl beat together margarine, egg and bananas, mix in the dry ingredients, mix well. Add the nuts.
Drop by spoonful onto greased cookie sheets and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
Makes about 4 dozen small cookies or 2-3 dozen medium cookies.
I don't have the values for these cookies as I have adapted the ingredients to suit my healthy eating.
If desired you may add dried fruit to the recipe, the original recipe calls for adding dates cut up finely. But I don't use them as they are high in sugar.