Celestial Oatmeal Cookies
- 2 cups oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 12 cup margarine
- 1 cup pumpkin (canned)
- 2 egg whites or 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon orange peel, grated
- 1 cup flour (all-purpose)
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 12 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 12 cup pitted prunes, finely chopped
- 14 cup walnuts, finely chopped
- 12 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- Heat oven to 350F Lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
- For cookies, beat sugar and vegetable oil spread with electric mixer in large bowl until well blended.
- Add pumpkin, egg whites and orange peel; beat well.
- (Mixture will look curdled.)
- In separate bowl combine oats, flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt.
- Add oat mixture to wet mixture and mix well.
- Stir in prunes and walnuts.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
- Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until lightly browned.
- (Do not overbake.
- Centers of cookies will be soft.)
- Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks.
- Cool completely.
- For glaze, combine powdered sugar and orange juice in small bowl; mix well.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled cookies.
- Let cookies stand until glaze sets.
- Store tightly covered.
oats, sugar, margarine, pumpkin, egg whites, orange peel, flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, salt, prunes, walnuts, powdered sugar, orange juice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/celestial-oatmeal-cookies-407365 (may not work)