Health Cookies

Name: Health Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes 18 large cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 175 g (6 oz) crunchy muesli cereal; a pinch of salt; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; 50 g (2 oz) raisins; 50 g (2 oz) walnuts, chopped; 75 g (3 oz) muscovado sugar; 125 g (4 oz) soft margarine, plus extra for greasing; 50 g (2 oz) crunchy peanut butter; 75 g (3 oz) self-raising flour

Preparation info

Makes
18
large cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

Crunchy muesli cereals, so popular now, make healthy and very scrumptious cookies. Peanut butter, raisins and nuts are added to these, which are just the thing for a nourishing snack or to include in childrens’ lunch boxes.

Ingredients

125 g (4 oz) soft margarine, plus extra for greasing
75 g (3

Americas
United States
Baking
Gluten-free
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven. Cream the margarine and sugar together and then mix in the peanut butter. Gradually stir in the egg. Sift the flour, cinnamon and salt over the mixture and stir them in and then add the cereal, raisins and nuts. Taste the mixture to see if needs more sugar or cinnamon, as mueslis vary in sweetness and flavouring. Spoon the mixture on to a greased baking sheet, spreading each s