Sunday, December 14, 2014

Breakfast Treasure Cookies

Breakfast Treasure Cookies 

Ingredients: 
2 C. All purpose flour  
2 tsp. Baking powder 
1/2 tsp. Baking soda 
 1/2 C. Butter, softened 
1/2 C. liquid honey 
1/2 C. Granulated sugar 
2 Eggs, beaten 
1 C. Dried prunes 
1/2 C. Oat bran 
1/2 C. Walnuts, chopped finely 
1/2 C. Coconut 
1 C. Bran Flakes 


Directions: 
1.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit 
2.  Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper 
3.  Combine softened butter, liquid honey and sugar together in a large bowl. Mix ingredients with an electric mixer on medium speed to make a creamy spread 
4.  Beat eggs in a small bowl until light and frothy.  Add eggs to butter/sugar mixture and continue to mix on medium speed until it is  light and creamy 
5.  Add bran flakes, oat bran, walnuts and coconut to creamed mixture combining well to make a soft dough 
6.  Blend flour,  B. powder and B. soda together in a small bowl. Slowly stir in dry ingredients into cookie dough and incorporate flour into cookie dough mixing thoroughly until all the flour is enveloped into the dough. 
7.  Take a small amount of dough and roll it in your hands to form a ball and place balls of dough 2 inches apart on parchment paper.  Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes until lightly browned. 
8. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool completely before storing away in a container.

Servings:  24 cookies