Chewey Oatmeal Cookies

This is an easy, quick oatmeal cookie recipe that can be customized for all tastes. In this house, my husband loves chocolate chips in his cookies and I love raisins in mine - so this afternoon's batch contained both! Here are the ingredients:

1/2 cup soy or vegan margarine (at room temperature)
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar (or almost 1 cup sucanat)
1/4 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 ripe banana, well mashed
1/2 cup sifted all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour (or spelt)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or raisins or chopped dates or chocolate chips)
(combinations of above such as 1/4 cup chocolate chips + 1/4 cup walnuts)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, sugar, water, vanilla and mashed banana. In a separate bowl sift together the dry ingredients except the last two. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and blend well. Now fold in the oats + raisins, nuts etc.

Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes. (Tip: to keep cookies uniform, I use a small ice scream scoop for each cookie, and flatten each dollop slightly with a fork.)

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