Peanut Butter Trail Mix Cookies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons butter or 5 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
• 1 banana, mashed
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons flax seed meal (optional(adds fiber and omega 3s)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups uncooked old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1 cup trail mix

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cream butter and brown sugar until smooth.
• 3 add peanut butter and blend well.
• 4 mix in egg , banana and vanilla.
• 5 add flours, flax seed meal, baking powder and salt and stir until well mixed.
• 6 add oatmeal and stir until soft dough forms.
• 7 if the trail mix has large chunks (like dried pineapple), cut into smaller chunks, then measure to make 1 cup.
• 8 stir trail mix into the batter.
• 9 you can either drop the dough by heaping teaspoonsful onto the cookie sheet (sprayed with cooking spray) or shape the batter a litte into flattened balls of dough. i like to shape them a bit.
• 10 place the cookies about 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet.
• 11 bake for 8 - 12 minutes or until set.