Trail Mix Cookies

Matthew thinks that saying things like “Rhonda’s cookie recipe” or “Robyn’s muffin recipe” is a crock because we didn’t actually make up those recipes. Well, guess what? I kinda made up this recipe. I modified an oatmeal cookie recipe because I wanted a semi-healthy cookie for the kids to take for school snacks.

Cream together:
1 cup margarine
1 cup peanut butter
½ cup sugar
2/3 cup brown sugar

Add, and beat till fluffy:
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp water

Sift together and add:
1 ¾ cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

Stir in:
3 cups oatmeal
¾ cup (more or less) chocolate chips
½ cup (more or less) each chopped dried cranberries and chopped raisins
1/3 cup (more or less) each sunflower seeds, chopped walnuts, coconut

Bake at 350 for 12+ minutes. I made quite large cookies and baked them longer than I would bake chocolate chip cookies. They weren’t as good doughy as chocolate chip cookies are.

The recipe called for more sugar, but they are quite sweet with all the chocolate and dried fruit. I might try reducing the sugar even more. I also thought about adding whole wheat flour, wheat germ, dates, dried apricots or diced apples. We’ll see. They are delicious as they are, so I might not mess with them any more. Well, I might cut down on the chocolate chips and add more raisins. It would at least make it more likely that the kids would have them for school snacks, because I would be more likely to leave them alone! Let me know if you like them.