1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup unbleached white flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup raisins
Directions
Cream the oil and sugar together. Add the egg and beat until light.
Blend in the vanilla and applesauce. Stir in the flours, baking
powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, oats and raisins into the
creamed mixture. Blend well. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto lightly-oiled
baking sheets. Bake in a 375 F oven for 8-10 min or until lightly
browned. Cool on a wire rack. Makes 24 cookies, each 56 calories 10
carbohydrates, 1 protein, 2 fat, 47 sodium, 49 potassium, 11
cholesterol 1/2 fruit exchange, 1/2 fat exchange Source: Holiday
Cookbook, American Diabetes Association ISBN 0-13-024894-0, by Betty
Wedman, M.S., R.D. from Norman Brown, main cooking echo March 93,
QBook format
Servings: 24 servings
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