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Ingredients
3 med. sized ripe bananas
1/3 cup peanut or safflower oil
1 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup uncooked oat bran
1 1/2 cup coarsely chopped mixed dried
1 fruits (such as dates,
1 apricots and raisins)
1/2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts,
1 almonds or pecans)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 large cookie sheets.
Mash bananas in large bowl until smooth. (You should have about 1-1/2
cups.) Stir in oil, vanilla and salt.
Add oats, oat bran, mixed fruits and nuts; stir well to combine.
Drop by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets,
about 1 inch apart. Flatten out slightly with back of spoon.
Bake about 20-25 minutes or until bottom and edges of cookies are lightly
browned. Transfer cookies onto wire rack to cool completely. Store in
refrigerator.
Makes 2 dozen. 105 calories per cookie, 2 g pro, 5 g fat, 14 g carb, 14
g sod, o mg chol.
Pat Empson 05/25 09:48 am
Servings: 24
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