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Oatmeal Breakfast cookies
3/4 C oil (I used olive)
2/3 C honey
3 or 4 large apples, unpeeled, cored and chopped
2 t vanilla and or small wedge organic lemon

(those 4 ingredients are cooky base -- see next recipe)

Mix in
3 C rolled oats
1 C sunflower seeds
1 C raisens or chopped dates

Let stand for 1/2 to 1 hour to allow the oats to soak up flavors

Drop by spoonful onto parchment paper and dry until firm (one or two days, depending on texture you prefer). I used a cookie sheet that is "naturally" non stick - my stones in the oven on warm. It took just under a day

Variations:
add 1/2 C ground flax seed or 1/2 C sesame seeds
add 1 C shopped nuts
add ground coriander to cooky base

DATE NUT CHEWS --

2 C cooky base
1 C ground rolled oats or oat flour (use food processor to "grind")
1/3 C sunflower seeds, ground (again, use food processor)
2 C chopped dates
1 C coarsely chopped walnuts

Spread onto non stock surface about 1/4" thick. Dry until firm enough to cut into squares (make them quire small - they dry the squares a little more. I have started making small "scoops" with my cookie scooper.

Variations 1 c raisenf ro 1 C of dates
sunflower seeds instead of nuts



If you don't have a dehydrator, you can dry these in the oven as low as possible - hopefully betwween 105 and 120 but up to 150 works. Be sure to turn them every few hours.

Edited to say - I have made these several times - I happened to notice it sounded like I hadn't done it. That's because I pasted this out of an email to a friend LOL