Oatmeal-carrot Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats or 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk or 1/2 cup low-fat milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup grated carrot
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Recipe

• 1 sift together into a bowl, the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon.
• 2 stir in oats.
• 3 in another bowl, mix together the eggs, brown sugar, milk, vanilla, raisins, carrots, and oil; add to flour mixture; mix to combine.
• 4 fold in nuts.
• 5 drop batter by teaspoonsful onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• 6 bake in a 375° oven for 12-15 minutes, depending on texture desired (shorter baking time results in a chewy, soft cookie; longer baking time results in a crisper cookie).