Breakfast Fig & Nut Cookie Recipe

Sweet_Pandora

I have a 40+ minute drive to work so I like to have grab and go breakfasts that I can eat while I drive. I also have a sweet tooth!

I tried this recipe for the first time yesterday and loved them so much I wanted to share:

Breakfast Fig & Nut Cookie

3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 large eggs
1/4 cup finely chopped dried figs
1/4 cup unsweetened dried cranberries
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2cup all-purpose flour (about 4 1/2 ounces)
1 cup whole wheat flour (about 2 1/3 ounces)
1/2 cup unprocessed bran (about 1 ounce)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 cup sliced almonds

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in chopped figs, cranberries, and vanilla.
Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, bran, baking soda, cinnamon, and allspice, stirring with a whisk. Add flour mixture to egg mixture, stirring just until moist. Gently fold in almonds.
Drop by level 1/4 cup measures 4 inches apart on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until almost set. Cool 2 minutes on pans. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.

Nutritional Information

Amount per serving Calories: 211
Calories from fat: 31%
Fat: 7.1g
Saturated fat: 3.3g
Monounsaturated fat: 2.4g
Polyunsaturated fat: 0.8g
Protein: 4.5g
Carbohydrate: 33.2g
Fiber: 3.4g
Cholesterol: 54mg
Iron: 1.8mg
Sodium: 115mg
Calcium: 37mg

Here's the link to the website:

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/breakfast-fig-nut-cookies-10000001206152/

Karen

takerbrat

I have a 40+ minute drive to work so I like to have grab and go breakfasts that I can eat while I drive. I also have a sweet tooth!

I tried this recipe for the first time yesterday and loved them so much I wanted to share:

Breakfast Fig & Nut Cookie

3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 large eggs
1/4 cup finely chopped dried figs
1/4 cup unsweetened dried cranberries
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2cup all-purpose flour (about 4 1/2 ounces)
1 cup whole wheat flour (about 2 1/3 ounces)
1/2 cup unprocessed bran (about 1 ounce)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 cup sliced almonds

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in chopped figs, cranberries, and vanilla.
Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, bran, baking soda, cinnamon, and allspice, stirring with a whisk. Add flour mixture to egg mixture, stirring just until moist. Gently fold in almonds.
Drop by level 1/4 cup measures 4 inches apart on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until almost set. Cool 2 minutes on pans. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.

Nutritional Information

Amount per serving Calories: 211
Calories from fat: 31%
Fat: 7.1g
Saturated fat: 3.3g
Monounsaturated fat: 2.4g
Polyunsaturated fat: 0.8g
Protein: 4.5g
Carbohydrate: 33.2g
Fiber: 3.4g
Cholesterol: 54mg
Iron: 1.8mg
Sodium: 115mg
Calcium: 37mg

Here's the link to the website:

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/breakfast-fig-nut-cookies-10000001206152/

Karen

I have been cooking "clean" lately and one of the tips that I came across was to replace the butter in cake and cookie recipes with unsweetened applesauce. You could also use honey or palm sugar to replace the refined sugar in this recipe as most brown sugar is just white sugar sprayed with molasses . . . go figure!