Whole Wheat Flax Fruit And Spice Cookies Recipes

WHOLE-WHEAT FLAX, FRUIT, AND SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together oil and sugar until well-blended.
• Add eggs; beat 2 minutes.
• Beat in vanilla, orange juice,& orange rind.
• Sift together flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon.
• Beat flour mixture into orange-egg mixture.
• Fold in Uncle Sam cereal and fruit; mix well.
• Dough will be sticky.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased or parchment-lined cookie sheets.
• (A heaping spoonful of dough will spread to approx a 3" cookie).
• Flatten slightly with moistened fork if desired.
• 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).
• Cool briefly on cookie sheet then remove to cooling rack.
• Store in airtight container.

SOFT WHOLE-WHEAT GINGER SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Stir together flours, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, pepper and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together butter and one cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and then stir in water and molasses. Gradually stir dry ingredients into molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut-sized balls and roll them in remaining two tablespoons sugar.
• Place the cookies two inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten slightly. Bake for 8-10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for five minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

WHOLE GRAIN BREAKFAST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Pulse the walnuts in a food processor several times to chop; continue processing until the walnuts are ground into flour; transfer to a bowl. Mix in the rolled oats, whole wheat flour, flax meal, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon until thoroughly combined.
• Combine the almond butter, canola oil, agave nectar, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract in the food processor and process a few seconds to blend the ingredients well; transfer the almond butter mixture to a large bowl and fold in the dried cherries and chocolate chips. Mix the walnut-oatmeal mixture into the almond butter mixture (dough will be very thick).
• Scoop up heaping teaspoons of dough, and form into balls; lay the dough balls onto the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and flatten the cookies with a spatula. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes on the baking sheets before removing to finish cooling on wire racks.

SUPER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WITH FLAX, HEMP, AND WHOLE GRAIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine oats, flax seeds, hemp seeds, whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and cinnamon in a bowl. Mix bananas, butter, brown sugar, agave nectar, egg, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; stir into oats mixture until batter is just mixed. Fold chocolate chips into batter. Drop batter by the spoonful onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are beginning to crisp, 8 to 10 minutes.

WHOLE WHEAT HONEY FLAX BISCUITS

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients together. Cut in Smart Balance with a pastry blender. Add milk and honey, mix quickly.
• Knead dough for a few minutes.
• Divide into 12 portions and place on a lightly oiled baking sheet.
• Bake in a 425°F oven 12 to 15 minutes until lightly browned.

SUPER CHUNKY TRAIL MIX COOKIES (WHITE WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat sugars, peanut butter, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and baking soda until well blended. Stir in candies, peanuts and raisins.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart; flatten slightly with bottom of drinking glass.
• Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until light brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely; store tightly covered.