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Surfside oatmeal cookies

350 deg. F., about 10 min., till edges are slightly brown / Yield: about 3 dozen small cookies

1) Combine:

– 1 cup FLOUR (even mix of SPELT, WHOLE WHEAT and UNBLEACHED WHITE)
– 1 tsp. BAKING POWDER
– 1/3 tsp. BAKING SODA
– 1/4 tsp. STEVIA

2) In a separate, large bowl, combine well:

– 2 T. CANOLA OIL
– 1/2 cup WHITE or BROWN organic sugar

Add, and mix well:

– 1/2 cup COOKED GRAIN (I use 4:1  beige quinoa : brown rice)
– 1/4 cup APPLESAUCE
      (you can make quick apple sauce by lightly simmering 1 peeled cooking apple
      for about 10 min.)
– 1 EGG (slightly beaten)
– 1 tsp. VANILLA
– 1/4 tsp. SALT
– 1/2 tsp. GROUND NUTMEG

3) Mix #2 into #1 fairly well, then add and mix till oats evenly integrated:

– 1 1/3 cups small-sized ROLLED OATS

Optional, add at the same time as the oats:

– about 1/4 to 1/3 cup small WALNUT PIECES
– handful of raisins