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Cross-Country Oatmeal Cookies

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Category:     Baked Good

Description:
This recipe uses oil in place of melted or softened butter. It's a nice compromise between a dense, chewy cookie and a more fluffy one. If you want a more substantial cookie, use old-fashioned oats in place of the quick-cooking kind. You can also use much less sweetener if you are adding dried fruit.


General applicability:

Cross-Country Oatmeal Cookies
Green: recipe contains only neutral or a beneficials ingredients for that type.
Yellow: recipe contains an secondary avoid ingredient that may be substituted by a more permissable one.
Orange: contains an avoid in a primary ingredient.



Ingredient list:
  • 3/4 cup grapeseed or other mild-tasting oil
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
  • 1 1/2 cups unsifted oat, amaranth or other flour
  • 1 cup quick-cooking oats
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (opt)
  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts or pumpkin seeds
  • 1 cup dried fruit--raisins, figs, apricots, etc


How to make it:
  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • In a large bowl with mixer on medium speed, beat oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla until thick.
  • Add flour, oats, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
  • Beat at low speed until blended.
  • Stir in nuts and fruit.
  • Drop by level tablespoonsful on a greased baking sheet.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes or until browned.
  • Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
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Blood Type Diet Analysis:


Core Ingredients Analysis:
The ingredients in this category are either BTD compliant for all types or the recipe author and/or editor did not suggest a possible substitution. If this category contains avoids for your blood type this recipe may not work for you, unless you feel like you can omit the item or make an appropriate substitution.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Oat Bran
B
B
N
B
N
N
A
B
Walnuts
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
Almonds
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Vanilla
N
N
N
N
N
N
A
N
Sea Salt
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Oatmeal, Oat Flour, Oats
B
B
N
B
N
N
A
B
Sugar, Brown, White
N
N
N
N
A
A
A
A
Egg Whole, Chicken
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
B


Variations and Substitutions Analysis:
This category of ingredients contains possible substitutions that may allow different blood types to use the recipe or ingredients that can be left out of the recipe altogether.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Flax Seeds
B
N
B
N
B
N
N
N
Figs
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
Almond Oil
N
N
N
N
N
N
B
N
Walnut Oil
B
N
N
B
B
B
B
B
Nutmeg
N
N
A
N
N
N
N
N
Amaranth
B
A
N
B
B
N
N
B
Wheat, Whole Grain Spelt
N
B
N
B
N
N
A
N
Millet
N
B
N
B
N
B
N
B
Pumpkin Seeds
B
A
B
A
B
N
B
A


Macronutrient Analysis:

This recipe may contain macronutrients with important effects on health

  • The recipe may contain ingredients with gluten
  • The recipe may contain ingredients with phytates
  • The recipe may contain ingredients encourage health microbiome balance
  • The recipe may contain ingredients high in phytoestrogens