Lav's Kitchen: Oatmeal Walnut Raisin Endurance Cookies

Thursday 5 July 2012

These oatmeal walnut raisin cookies are healthy, delicious and easy to bake at home. This is great at tea time or after a workout.

Ingredients - Yields 15

Method

Preheat oven to 350F and grease a baking sheet
Place walnuts on the baking sheet and toast it in oven for about 10-12 minutes, until golden in colour (Watch carefully as walnuts will turn black or burn quickly)
When walnuts are toasted remove from oven and cool it for few minutes
Grind walnuts in the food processor or mixer - until finely grounded
In a medium sized bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, oats and cinnamon powder (dry ingredients)
In a small bowl mix brown sugar, agave, oil, vanilla essence, milk and raisins (wet ingredients )
In a large bowl mix wet ingredients, dry ingredients and grounded walnuts
Take about 2 tblsp of dough, make a ball, and then flatten it with your fingers
Place it on cookie sheet and bake it for 10 minutes at 350F and no longer
Remove from oven and let sit on baking sheet for couple of minutes before placing onto a cooling rack for 10-15 minutes
Makes about 15 cookies, store in a clean air tight container

Nutritional Information

Walnuts are rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and an excellent source of omega 3 essential fatty acids which help to prevent coronary artery disease and strokes

Regular intake of walnuts in the diet help to lower LDL or bad cholesterol and increase HDL or good cholesterol levels in the blood
Oats is low in sodium and can help reduce cholesterol
Oats is rich in soluble fibre and can reduce hypertension
Raisins are cholesterol-free, low in sodium, high in fiber and totally fat-free
Raisins are rich in potassium which is important in regulating blood pressure
Each cookie = 170 calories approximately