Today, a package finally arrived from my Mom in Florida with her signature everything cookies. To understand what that means to me, living 5000 miles away from my parents, you'd have to be living in my shoes - but I think we all can relate to food from home. And these cookies are the best cookies you will ever - ever - put in your mouth. My mom claims they're good for you too, which is good because when I go home I eat about 100 of them. That number may sound like an exaggeration. My Mom has actually started having to make fewer of them because I simply eat all of them no matter how many she makes.
The recipe is provided below. You can thank me later. Oh, and PS: I think they actually taste best frozen. Yes, that's right, make them, then freeze them, on purpose, in a freezer that doesn't smell stale or like some weird leftover food, and then eat them straight from the freezer. The chocolate is so delicious that way, and it blends with the raisins and the flax seed and the oats.
Everything Cookies
Oven @ 350
1/4 c butter
1/4 c flax seed
1/2 c coconut oil
2 tbsp oil (optional)
1/2 c brown sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 c peanut or almond butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp orange juice
3/4 c flour
3/4 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c Splenda (or sugar)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 c old fashioned oats
1 1/2 c quick oats
1/2 c chopped raisins
1/2 c chopped walnuts
1 c dark chocolate chunks
mix together flour through salt. Add to wet. Mix & blend well. Add oats, raisins, nuts and chocolate
Scoop onto parchment lined sheets, 1 1/2 tbsp per cookie. Press to flatten. Bake 9-10 minutes at 350 degrees. Do not overbake.
