Plantain Cookies

• spelt or wheat flour↗1 cup
• rolled quick-cooking oats (oatmeal)↗3 cups
• ground cinnamon↗2 teaspoons
• ground allspice2 teaspoons
• ground nutmeg↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• ground cloves↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• coconut, shredded, unsweetened1 cup
• raisins↗3 cups
• plantains, ripe↗2
• apple juice↗1 cup
• pecan halves↗

Step-by-step instructions

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   Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

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   (175 degrees C.) Place the spelt, or whole wheat flour, and the quick rolled oats (oatmeal) in a bowl and mix together.

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   Add the cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves and mix well.

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   Add the coconut and 2 cups of the raisins and mix well to ensure that the raisins are not sticking together, and that they are thoroughly coated with the flour mixture.

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   Place the apple juice, peeled plantains, and the remaining cup of raisins in the container of a high speed blender.

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   Cover and run at high speed until all the ingredients are thoroughly blended and smooth.

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   Add the plantain-raisin mixture (liquid) to the flour mixture (dry) and mix thoroughly with a stiff spatula or spoon.

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   After adding all the blended, liquid ingredients, if the cookie dough is too stiff you may add a little more apple juice.

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   A thinner dough will make a flatter cookie.

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    A stiff dough will make irregular, thick cookies like the ones shown in the photo.

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    (To test for dough stiffness, we stick a soup spoon upright into the dough. If the dough is stiff enough, the spoon will remain upright.) On a non-stick or lightly oiled baking sheet, place the cookie dough in 24 equal sized"mounds.

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    "Smooth and shape each cookie with a spoon or spatula, as desired.

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    Place the pecan halves on the top of each cookie and press lightly into the dough.

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    Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake at 350 degrees F.

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    for 20-25 minutes.

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    Various ovens bake differently, so we suggest that you begin checking the cookies after 15-20 minutes of baking.

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    The cookies should be firm, but still soft enough to be a little"springy.

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    "Be careful not to over-bake.

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    When the plantain coconut raisin oatmeal spice cookies are baked, remove from the oven, cool, and enjoy.