Oatmeal Cranberry Spice Cookies
1/2 c coconut oil
1 c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1/4 c milk
1 1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/2 t salt
1 t soda
1 t cinnamon
1 t nutmeg
1/4 t ginger
1/4 t cloves
1/4 t allspice
3 c quick oats
1 c dried cranberries
Cream together oil and sugar, add eggs, vanilla and milk and mix. Stir together flour, salt, soda and spices. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix. Stir in oats, then cranberries. Drop by spoonful onto cookie sheet and bake ~9 minutes at 350.
Of course, because apparently I find it difficult to simply follow a recipe, this recipe was made up just this evening. It started from an idea and an oatmeal raisin cookie recipe. The coconut oil was the first time I've ever used it. Honestly, I did not notice any difference whatsoever from previously using butter (original recipe) or canola oil (one of my other experiments). I will probably continue to use either butter or canola oil in the future. I normally do not add milk, but the dough was too dry...so I added milk after the flour was mostly mixed in, but before adding oats. The blend of spices and cranberry turned out very well! An extra bonus: my kitchen-and the rest of my apartment-smells amazing!
*Disclaimer: I am NOT advocating baking cookies instead of exercising! :)
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