Cookie recipes that are good for you The Ithaca Journal

Go ahead enjoy a few cookies. In large bowl cream oil and sugar. In another bowl stir together flour soda and gradually add to the sugar mixture. Add oats and water and mix until combined. Pat half the crumb mixture firmly into a greased by baking pan. Spread with cooled fruit filling. Spoon remaining crumb mixture over filling. Bake in degree oven for about minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool and cut into bars. For fruit filling In a small pan combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens. Place walnuts on baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted to minutes. Lightly brush baking sheets with oil or line with parchment paper set aside. Meanwhile put oats in food processor and pulse on off times. Add flour brown sugar cinnamon allspice and nutmeg and process to blend. Scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula pulse more times to thoroughly combine. Transfer mixture to large bowl! . While walnuts are still warm grind them to a paste in food processor. Add oil maple syrup and vanilla and process until blended and smooth. Add mixture to dry ingredients and mix until just blended. Dough will be sticky. Scoop out heaping teaspoonfuls of dough. Roll into balls and flatten to form cookies about inches in diameter. It s helpful to dip hands and utensils in water when working with this sticky dough. With your thumb make a deep indentation in center of each cookie. Fill each indentation with about teaspoon fruit preserves. Place cookies on prepared baking sheets spacing about inches apart. Bake until bottoms are lightly browned about minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.

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