Trail Mix Oats Food

OATMEAL TRAIL MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large mixing bowl cream together butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla until almost fluffy.
• In another bowl stir together flour, very finely chopped (should almost resemble powder) nuts, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Slowly add your powdered ingredients to your creamed ingredients while mixing.
• Mix well.
• Now stir in the oats and trail mix.
• Drop by scoop or teaspoon onto hot stone or slightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 11-14 minutes depending on cookie size.
• Remove cookies from baking sheet or stone right away and transfer to cooling racks.

TRAIL MIX WITH HONEY-OATMEAL CLUSTERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Mist a baking sheet with cooking spray. Toss the oats with 2 tablespoons water, the vegetable oil, wheat germ and honey. Form small clusters of the mixture on the baking sheet and bake until crisp, about 15 minutes.
• Add the mixed dried fruit to the baking sheet, sprinkle with the cinnamon and bake 3 to 5 more minutes. Let cool, then toss with the nuts, sunflower seeds, raisins, coconut and M&M's. Store in an airtight container.

OATMEAL - TRAIL MIX COOKIES (BREAKFAST-TO-GO)

Steps:

• Place rack in middle of oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
• Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper (or grease sheets).
• With mixer, beat together butter, shortening, and sugars in a large bowl until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Beat in egg, baking soda mixture, flour, salt and vanilla until just combined.
• Stir in oats, coconut, chocolate chips, nuts and raisins until well combined.
• Drop rounded tablespoons of dough about 4 inches apart onto baking sheets. With a fork flatten and spread each mound into a 3-inch round.
• Bake cookies, in batches, until golden, approximately10-12 minutes per batch.
• Transfer to rack to cool.
• Cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

TRAIL MIX OAT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• In bowl, beat together honey, brown sugar, margarine and canola oil until creamy and well blended.
• Mix in oats, vanilla and eggs; then flour, oat bran, wheat germ, baking powder and baking soda. Mix until well combined.
• Stir in peanut butter, then M & M's or chocolate chips, peanuts, if using, and sunflower seeds.
• Drop by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten slightly.
• Bake in preheated oven 12 minutes or until cookies are set and begin to brown.
• Cool on cookie sheets about 1 minute, then remove and cool completely on wire rack.