Cranberry-Almond Oatmeal Cookies

By MaryEllen

Pumpkin is subbed for butter in this lowfat treat! Cranberries and almonds add flavor and nutrition!

Ingredients

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1.5 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• .5 tsp salt
• 3 cups oatmeal
• 1 cup dried cranberries (craisins)
• .5 cup almonds
• Number of Servings: 48

Preparation

Step 1

-Heat oven to 350 degrees
-Beat together pumpkin and sugar
-Add eggs and vanilla, beat well
-Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon salt ; mix
-Stir in oats, craisins and almonds
-Drop rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet
-Bake 10-12 mins.
-Let cool one minute
Enjoy.

Read and follow following review:
Made these before reading reviews. I added 1/4 cup applesauce, doubled the cinn. and vanilla, subbed Splenda brown sugar, flattened the cookies with fingers before baking and used half the nuts. Chewy, yummy, less calories and yummy!

Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 48
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 64.3
Total Fat: 1.2 g
Cholesterol: 7.4 mg
Sodium: 76.6 mg
Total Carbs: 14.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
Protein: 1.6 g