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Healthy Recipes: August 2008

Betsey’s Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

6 tablespoons pureed prunes or plums

1 cup packed brown sugar

½ cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

3 cups rolled oats, uncooked

1 cup raisins

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat cookie sheets with non-stick cooking spray. Combine prunes/plumbs, brown sugar, sugar, egg and vanilla; beat until well blended. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add to sugar mixture; mix well. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets; cool on wire racks. Store in tightly covered container. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Fruit Smoothie

1 10 ounce package lite, silken tofu

1 cup frozen raspberries

1 banana

2 cups pineapple-orange juice

Blend until smooth. Serves 2.