Fruity Breakfast Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup Splenda granular, sugar substitute
• 2 1/2 cups quick oatmeal or old-fashioned oatmeal
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup flax seed meal
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup prune baby food
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 1/2 tablespoons apple juice or milk
• 5 egg whites
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups dried cherries (or other fruit, I mix cherries, blueberries, raisins)
• 3/4 cup pecan, chopped or walnut

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookies sheets or line with parchment paper.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, stir together the oats, flours, sugars, flax, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In a separate bowl combine all the wet ingredients. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet blend. Mix until well blended. Stir in the fruit and nuts. Scoop cookies using an ice cream scoop or roll into golf ball sized balls with wet hands. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets and flatten to 1/2" tall. These cookie do not flatten while baking!

3. 3

   Bake 8 minutes for chewy cookies, 10 minutes for dry cookies. Cookies will not get crisp. Remove from the cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.