Flax Oatmeal Cookies (using Freshly Milled Flour)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sucanat with honey or 1 cup sucanat or 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sucanat
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups freshly ground hard wheat flour
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1/2 cup flax seed, milled
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups almonds, chopped
• 2 cups chocolate chips (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, sucanat, and sucanat w/honey making a grainy paste.
• 2 add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
• 3 mix dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture.
• 4 add almonds and chocolate chips.
• 5 make into 1" balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet 2" apart.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes.
• 7 makes about 5 dozen cookies.
• 8 **chocolate chip variation:.
• 9 use 3 ½ cups fresh soft wheat flour.
• 10 omit oatmeal.
• 11 use 1 ½ cups of shredded unsweetened coconut in place of chopped almonds.
• 12 use 2 cups of chocolate chips (or more).
• 13 mix as directed in above recipe.