Runner Cookies also known as "Cross Country Cookies"
Ingredients:
(a)
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
2 egg whites (no yolks)
1 tsp. vanilla
(b)
1-1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/8 cup wheat germ¹
*1/8 cup ground flax seed¹
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnoman
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
3 cups old-fashioned oats
(c)
1 cup raisins
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
Blend (a) in mixer.
Combine (b) in separate bowl and then add to mixer.
Add (c) to mixer or stir in by hand.
Shape dough into patties on baking sheet.
(They will not spread, so if you put little spheres in the oven, you'll get spherical little cookies.)
Bake for 12-15 minutes (not kidding--they really take that long) at 375º.
Runner Cookies freeze well and are just as good frozen as thawed or warmed.
¹ You can just take a 1/4-cup measure and fill it with about half wheat germ, half flax seed.
* Purchase flax seeds in the bulk natural foods section of the grocery store and grind them in a coffee-bean grinder.
