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Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Put the oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl and mix thouroughly and set aside. In a large mixing bowl combine the apple sauce, the blackstrap molasses and the honey. Mix well. Stir in the beaten egg white and then the vanilla extract. Add the cinnamon and the rolled oat mixture. Stir well folding in the raisins / carob. With a 1/4 cup measure scoop level measures of dough onto a non-stick cookie sheet leaving two inches of space between each. For a drier, larger cookie flatten with a fork. Bake for about 15 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and cool for about 5 minutes.
Yields 14, 3 1/2 in cookies. |
| 1 1/2 cups rolled oats |
| 1 cup all-purpose unbleached flour |
| 1/2 ts baking soda |
| 1/2 ts aluminum-free baking powder |
| 1/2 ts sea salt |
| 3/4 cup unsweetened natural apple sauce |
| 1/4 cup blackstrap molasses |
| 1/4 cup unpasteurized honey |
| 1 lrg beaten egg white |
| 1 ts vanilla extract |
| 3/4 ts ground cinnamon(optional) |
| 1 cup seedless unsulfured raisins or carob chips |
| This is the life-saving grain you read about in every newspaper and magazine in the country.
The stuff that when added to food saves your life. The only stuff you need to have a healthy heart and colon. Excellent source of soluble fiber,
and helps lower cholesterol. This food is also loaded with seven B vitamins, vitamin E and 9 other minerals including calcium and Iron. Oats are fairly high in protein and the quality of the protein in oats is high compared to the quality in other grains.
Now let's apply the fat formula on some whole oats:
The American cancer institute recommends 20 to 35 grams of fiber everyday and oats are a wonderful source of soluble fiber.
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