Chewy Oatmeal Spice Cookies

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Title: Chewy Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 42 servings

3/4 c Firm packed brown sugar
1/2 c Granulated sugar
4 tb Margarine
3/4 c Apple butter*
-or apple sauce
2 Egg whites or 1 egg
2 tb Skim milk
2 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking soda

: l ts ground cinnamon
l/2 ts salt (optional)
1/4 ts ground nutmeg (optional)
3 c QUAKER Oats uncooked
-(quick or old fashioned)
: l c raisins/diced dried mixed fruit

Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly spray cookie sheet with
no-stick cooking spray. Beat together sugars and
margarine until well blended. Add apple butter, egg
whites, milk and vanilla; beat well. Add combined
flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; mix
well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well. (Dough
will be moist.) Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto
prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until
edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie
sheet; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store in
tightly covered container.

* Apple butter is usually available in your
supermarket's jam & jelly section.

Convenient Bar Cookies: Spread dough onto bottom of
ungreased 9x13-inch baking pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes
or until edges are light golden brown. Cool
completely; cut into bars. Store tightly covered. 32
BARS

Nutrition Information: l cookie Calories 9O, Calories
From Fat l5, Total Fat 2g, Saturated Fat 0g,
Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 45mg, Total Carbohydrates 19g,
Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 2g

Note: For a no-fat-added cookie, omit margarine and
increase apple butter to l cup; and continue as
recipe directs.

Nutrition Information: 1 cookie (made without
margarine or butter) Calories 9O, Calories from Fat 5,
Total Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 30mg, Total
Carbohydrates 19g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 2g

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