Breakfast Cookies

• light brown sugar↗2 cups
• rolled oats↗2 1⁄2 cups

  (NOT quick!)

• whole wheat flour↗4 cups
• baking soda↗1 tablespoon
• baking powder↗1 teaspoon
• salt↗1 teaspoon
• cinnamon↗2 -3 tablespoons
• canola oil↗1⁄4 cup
• egg whites↗5
• prune puree↗1 cup

  *

• walnuts↗1 cup

  (optional)

• raisins (optional) or craisins (optional)↗1⁄2 cup

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325°F.

2. 2

   Mix all ingredients together.

3. 3

   Drop by 1/4 cup measuring cup or large ice cream scoop on a baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.

4. 4

   Flatten to 1/2-inch tall with DAMP hands.

5. 5

   The cookies do not flatten much while baking.

6. 6

   Oven temperature is 350*.

7. 7

   Bake 8 minutes for chewy cookies, 10 minutes for dry cookies (chewy is best!).

8. 8

   Cool.

9. 9

   *I use 4 or 5 boxes of pureed baby prunes.