Carrot and Oatmeal Cookies
Full of nutritious carrots, bursting with beta-carotene, these cookies keep well in a cookie jar...if you can hide the jar where no one could find it! If you are able to put a dozen or so away, you'll find they freeze well and thaw quickly.

1 cup honey
1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon allspice
2 eggs
2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
2 cups whole-wheat flour
1 cup chopped nuts
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups raisins
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
2 cups grated carrots

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a mixing bowl, beat together the honey, oil, vanilla, and eggs. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and oatmeal. Blend well. Then stir in the nuts, raisins, and carrots.

Add the liquid ingredients to the mixture and blend well. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an oiled cookie sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown. Remove the cookies from the cookie sheet and cool them on a rack before storing.

MAKES: 7 Dozen Cookies

AUTHOR: blondie2