Celestial Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup pumpkin (canned)
• 2 egg whites or 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon orange peel, grated
• 1 cup flour (all-purpose)
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup pitted prunes, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon orange juice

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
• 2 for cookies, beat sugar and vegetable oil spread with electric mixer in large bowl until well blended. add pumpkin, egg whites and orange peel; beat well. (mixture will look curdled.)
• 3 in separate bowl combine oats, flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. add oat mixture to wet mixture and mix well.
• 4 stir in prunes and walnuts.
• 5 drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
• 6 bake 11 to 13 minutes or until lightly browned. (do not overbake. centers of cookies will be soft.) cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks. cool completely.
• 7 for glaze, combine powdered sugar and orange juice in small bowl; mix well. drizzle glaze over cooled cookies. let cookies stand until glaze sets. store tightly covered.