Ingredients:
- 1 3/4 cups Whole Wheat Flour (good slow digesting carb)
- 1 3/4 cups old fashioned oats (good slow digesting carb)
- 3/4 cups softened butter (contrary to popular belief, fat doesn’t make you fat)
- 1 cup of raisins
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon (cinnamon lowers the glycemic index of carbs by 20%!)
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup of honey (natural form of sugar, okay in moderation)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Mix flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda. Set aside.
- To soften butter: bring water to boil in a small pot, turn of the heat, and place the cup of butter into the pot for 5-10 minutes. Cover the cup with a flat plater for faster melting.
- Beat eggs, mix in butter.
- Add eggs and butter to dry mix (step 2). Mix thoroughly. Butter should not be visible.
- Add in honey, oats and raisins. Mix thoroughly.
- Sprinkle some whole wheat flour on 2 baking sheets.
- Set a bag of flour nearby, scoop up small balls of the dough, pad both sides with flour and place flat onto cooking sheet 2 inches apart.
- Cookies will be ready after 15 minutes or until you see slight browning around the edges.
- Let cool for 20 minutes.
Makes 30 cookies.