Want your kids to eat more fruits and vegetables?
Bake them cookies!
That's right, cookies. I am constantly augmenting my family's meals with secret ingredients and these cookies are no exception. Ask the chitlins to eat zucchini and you will get the ewww gross face followed by a resounding NO. Put zucchini in these cookies and it's all mmm...mmm...good! There is banana and raisins, too. My boy will not touch fruit with a ten foot pole, but these cookies disappear like candy the day after Halloween.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
(with banana and zucchini)
(with banana and zucchini)
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, slightly softened
- 1/2 cup banana puree*
- 1/2 cup zucchini puree*
- 1 large egg or egg white if you prefer
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 chopped walnuts (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat two baking sheets with cooking spray, or line with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, and stir to mix.
- In a large bowl, beat the sugar and butter with a wooden spoon until just combined; do not overmix. Add the banana and zucchini purees, and the egg (white), and stir just to blend. Add the flour mixture, raisins, and walnuts, if using, and stir to combine.
- Drop the dough by heaping tablespoonsful onto baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch in between. Bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 4 to 5 minutes, just until they are firm enough to handle, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
Do not use an electric mixer--it will make the cookies tough.
*To make zucchini puree trim off the ends and cut into 1-inch pieces. Steam for 6 to 8 minutes. In a food processor or blender puree for about 2 minutes, until smooth.
*Banana puree, peel banana and cut into chunks; puree in food processor or blender until smooth.
*Banana puree, peel banana and cut into chunks; puree in food processor or blender until smooth.
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