Oatmeal Fruit Cookies Low Fat Recipes

LOW-FAT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients; mix well. Stir in raisins (dough will be stiff). Drop by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets that have been coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

OATMEAL FRUIT COOKIES (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Prepare cooking sheet with a light coat of cooking spray or parchment paper.
• Using a mixer, blend together the margarine/butter, sugar, extract and egg white in a medium sized bowl.
• Combine oatmeal, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and ginger. Mix into the wet ingredients.
• Stir in by hand the cranberries, raisins and nuts (if using).
• Drop mounded tablespoons of dough onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 16-18 minutes. Lightly flaten the dough with the back of a spoon.
• Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to rest for 2 minutes. Cookies should be lightly browned on the edges. Transfer to wire racks and allow the cookies to cool.
• Serve or store in an air tight container.

OATMEAL FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the oats, flour, baking, soda, salt and cinnamon; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in raisins, walnuts, coconut and dates. , Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 14-16 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.

OATMEAL DRIED FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, stir in the quick oats and dried fruit. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the unprepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

NO SUGAR, LOW FAT "FRUITY" OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Cream together the yogurt and banans in a large bowl.
• Gradually work the egg, milk, honey, flour, baking powder and soda, and oats into the mixture.
• Stir in the raisins.
• Drop batter by tablespoon fulls onto parchment lined baking sheet (get as many as you can on the sheet. These cookies don't spread out).
• Bake for 7 minutes at 400 degrees.
• Remove from the oven and cool.

EGG-FREE LOW-FAT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C ). Grease a cookie sheet.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the brown sugar, white sugar, and applesauce. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the applesauce mixture. Add the rolled oats, raisins and chopped nuts (if desired); stir until combined.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool slightly before removing from the baking sheet.