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Raw Apple Cookies

  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ cups flour
  • ½ tsp. EACH salt/baking powder/baking soda/cinnamon/cloves
  • ½ cup dried sunflower seeds (can substitute chopped walnuts)
  • 1 cup uncooked quick oats
  • 1¾ cups chopped tart red apples
  • ½ cup plumped raisins
  • ½ cup chopped pitted dates

 

Beat shortening and brown sugar until creamy.  Add eggs and beat until mixed in.  Stir in dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and sunflower seeds).

Then stir in oats, apples, raisins and dates.  Drop by well-rounded teaspoonfuls 1 ½ – 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. 

 

Bake 350 for 12-15 minutes until light brown.