Oat Flour Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Oat Flour Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Makes 18 Cookies using 3 tablespoon cookie scoop or disher

This is a crumble type cookie, good fiber cookie for breakfast.

*1/4 cup Butter, room temperature

*1/4 cup Butter Flavored Shortening

*1/2 cup Brown Sugar, packed

*1/4 cup Granulated Sugar

*1 Large Egg, room temperature

*2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

*2 and 1/2 cups Old Fashion Oats, Chopped in a food processor until finely chopped

*1 and 1/2 cups Old Fashion Rolled Oats, not chopped

*1 cup Raisins

*1/4 cup of canned Garbanzo Beans/Chickpeas Juice, this is a binding agent for the cookies and for re-hydrating raisins

*1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

*1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt

Directions

Cream together; butter, shortening, brown sugar and sugar until light and fluffy texture.

Add the salt, vanilla and egg,  mix until incorporated.

Whisk together in a bowl the oat flour and baking soda. Stir into creamed mixture.

In a microwave safe bowl add the raisins and garbanzo bean juice. Place in the microwave and in 2 to 3, 30 second increments re-hydrate the raisins stirring after each increment until raisins are soft and plump. Remove from microwave and let rest for 5 minutes.

Stir in the raisin mixture into the cookie batter, it will be a bit gooey. Scoop cookie dough onto a slip at or parchment lined 1/2 baking sheet and refrigerate for 2 hours or until completely set.

Bake cookies cold right out of the fridge on a 1/2 baking sheet, 9 cookies per sheet. Bake at 350*F.  for 12 minutes careful not to over bake. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet. Serve cookies as desired or wrap individually in plastic ziplock sandwich bags and then into a gallon sized bag and freeze for later.

Note: Cookies will be crumbly if you don’t add the juice from the canned garbanzo beans. Refrigerate the garbanzo beans and use in another recipe, many plant-based recipes call for them.

Oat Flour Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Enjoy!

Lindy

Key Lime Pie Bars

Kiwi Lime Pie Bars

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*9 X 13 Pan

*Cooking Spray

*6 Kiwis, peeled sliced and halved

*1 and 1/2 cups Macadamia nuts, 1 cup for crust, 1/2 cup for topping (I used Mauna Loa Macadamia Baking Pieces, 6 ounce)

*2 Containers 8 ounce Cool Whip Topping

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Macadamia Nut Crust

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*2 cups Flour

*1/4 cup Sugar

*3/4 cup Butter, melted

*1 cup roughly chopped Macadamia Nuts, chopped finely

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Mix together in bowl the flour, sugar, butter and nuts until combined and press into the bottom of cooking sprayed baking pan.

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Bake in a 350*F. oven for 5-6 minutes. Crust will not be completely baked.

Lime Filling Layer

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*1 cup Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice, 6-7 Limes

*2 tablespoons Lime Zest

*6 Egg Yolks

*2 cans 14 ounce Sweetened Condensed Milk

*4 drops Green Food Coloring

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Beat together the lime juice, lime zest, egg yolks, sweetened Condensed Milk and food coloring until thick and creamy.
Pour Lime filling layer to the top of the partially cooked crust and bake another 15-20 minutes or until the lime filling is firm or set.

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Remove from the oven and allow to cool and refrigerate for 1 hour or until chilled.

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Sliced Kiwi Layer

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*6 Kiwis, peeled, sliced and halved (save some of the halved slices for the top of each individual serving, if desired)
Place halved kiwi slices on top of the chilled lime filling layer.

Cream Cheese Layer

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*1 (8 ounce) Cream Cheese, softened

*1 (8 ounce) Cool Whip Topping, thawed

*3/4 to 1 cup Powdered Sugar, to taste

*2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

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Cream together in mixing bowl or beat together with a hand mixer for smooth creamy texture.

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Place scoops of the cream cheese filling to the top of the kiwi layer and spread evenly across the kiwis.
Topping

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*1 (8 ounce) Cool Whip Topping

*1/2 cup Chopped Macadamia Nuts

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Spread the whip topping on top of the cream cheese layer. Use the whole container of cool whip topping if desired. Sprinkle on the top the macadamia nuts and chill at least 2 hours before serving.

Enjoy!

Lindy