Dessert anyone?
It is always nice to have something sweet after a meal. Only eating whole grains and watching animal fat, interesting desserts are somewhat a challenge. We are experimenting with dessert ideas and ingredients. After trying various combinations of whole wheat cookies, we settled on this recipe.
The cookies are sweet. We like the sweetness because one small cookie satisfies the dessert craving.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Brandied Fruit Cookies
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup splenda or other sweetener
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup mixed nuts
- 1 cup dried fruit
- ½ oz grated dark chocolate or chips
- 3 tbl brandy
Preheat oven to 375.
In a small bowl, place fruit with brandy and reconstitute fruit.
In a large bowl combine applesauce, splenda, honey, beaten egg, and vanilla; mix well.
In another bowl combine flour, oats, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; blend well.
Gradually add dry ingredients to liquid mixture, mixing well. Blend in fruit, nuts and chocolate.
Drop by spoonful on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes. Let stay on cookie sheet for about 2 minutes before moving to cooling rack.
Makes about 36, 2” cookies.
I used a combination of Blueberry, Cranberry, Cherry, and Pomegranate dried fruit.
I used a mixture of sunflower, cashews, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, almonds and raisins.
The cookies are sweet so if you do not want real sweet cookies, use less fruit or leave out the honey.
