Whole-wheat Flax, Fruit, And Spice Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs (or 1 egg and 2 egg whites)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups uncle sam cereal
• 1 -2 cup currants or 1 -2 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 cream together oil and sugar until well-blended.
• 2 add eggs; beat 2 minutes.
• 3 beat in vanilla, orange juice,& orange rind.
• 4 sift together flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon.
• 5 beat flour mixture into orange-egg mixture.
• 6 fold in uncle sam cereal and fruit; mix well.
• 7 dough will be sticky.
• 8 drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased or parchment-lined cookie sheets.
• 9 (a heaping spoonful of dough will spread to approx a 3" cookie).
• 10 flatten slightly with moistened fork if desired.
• 11 bake at 400f for 8-10 minutes (in my oven it works better to do 7-8 min at 375; adjust depending upon how your oven cooks).
• 12 cool briefly on cookie sheet then remove to cooling rack.
• 13 store in airtight container.