Recipe

Make these with traditional ingredients or with a few simple changes you will have a wonderful vegan treat. Use organic ingredients wherever possible to optimize healthy benefits.

Ingredients

• 1 cup coconut oil

• 1 cup coconut palm sugar

• ¼ cup organic cane sugar

• 2 eggs or flax egg

• 1 t vanilla

• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour

• 1 t baking soda

• 1 t cinnamon

• 3 cups oats

• 1 cup raisins

• ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

Instructions

• Beat oil and sugars until creamy, add eggs and vanilla.

• Combine flour, soda, and cinnamon.

• Add to wet ingredients and mix.

• Add oats, raisins and nuts.

• Refrigerate for at least an hour.

• Use a small ice cream scoop to drop cookies onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet.

• Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes

Notes

• Mixing in a KitchenAid mixer makes light work of this recipe and lighter, fluffier cookies.

• Flax egg makes this recipe completely vegan.