Oatmeal-ginger Cookies – We Love God!

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Vegan		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Bananas
1/2	c	Molasses
3/4	c	Sugar
2	t	Vanilla
1	c	Wheat flour
2	c	Oats
2	t	Baking soda
1	t	Ginger
3	t	Cinnamon
		Lots and lots of raisins

INSTRUCTIONS

A couple vegan fatfree (or nearly so if you want to count the oats -
make a non-oat variety if you want 0 fat) cookies does the trick for
me... here's my favorite oatmeal-ginger variety. Just don't add the
raisins if you don't want.  Mix and bake, 350 degrees, 10-15 minutes.
Posted to fatfree digest V97 #010 by David Lynn <lynnda@whitman.edu>
on Feb 26, 1997.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 2393 Calories From Fat: 108 Total Fat: 12.9g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 2597.3mg Potassium: 4089.3mg Carbohydrates: 542.6g Fiber: 30.1g Sugar: 275.3g Protein: 37.1g

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David Powlison