Wheels of Steel Cookies
"A tasty way to get a lot of fiber. A nurse friend gave us this recipe when one of our children was having problems keeping everything 'moving along.' They are nicknamed "Roto-Rooter Cookies," and for good reason! I quickly learned to limit dh and the other kids to a few cookies apiece. That was hard, though, because they really are yummy little creations, kind of a super-powered oatmeal cookie. It's also a very forgiving recipe...if you are missing some of the fruit, seeds, etc, just adjust other amounts around to your taste/pantry items. I've made it with and without the final step of rolling in sesame seeds; both ways work, though the toasted sesame taste is nice. When dd was really having trouble, I also substitued prune juice for the liquid milk. You may add up to 1-2 c of mixed fruit, seeds, etc as the last ingredients, but don't have to; may need to adjust liquid a bit depending upon what you choose. Basic recipe makes a lot; I've never had any trouble halving it."
- Ready In:
- 42mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Yields:
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96 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1⁄2 cup wheat germ
- 1 cup non-fat powdered milk
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 6 tablespoons liquid milk
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 2 cups raisins
- 1⁄2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1 -2 1 -2 cup oat bran or 1 -2 cup carob chips (total combined amount etc) (optional)
- 1⁄2 - 1 cup sesame seeds (optional)
directions
- Cream together butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- Combine flour, wheat germ, dry milk, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; stir together lightly.
- Add flour mixture to creamed mixture; stir.
- Add together liquid milk, oats, raisins, sunflower seeds, coconut, and chopped dates; mix well.
- If desired, combine optional ingredients equal to 1-2 cups and add to oat& seed mixture; mix well.
- Depending upon what you add, you may want to increase the liquid a bit to make sure everything holds together.
- Add oat& seed mixture to flour/creamed mixture combo; mix well.
- Roll dough into 1-2" balls; yield will vary by size of cookies.
- Press rolled dough into a pattie shape and press into sesame seeds, if desired.
- Bake on greased cookie sheet for approx 12 min at 375F.
- Watch closely to avoid scorching, especially if rolled in seeds.
- Store in airtight container.
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Reviews
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I halved the recipe. I used figs, dried apricots, raisins, wheat germ, coconut, oats and lots of sunflower seeds. I didn't use any choc chips or carob chips.I found my dough to sticky for rolling so I used a cookie scoop and then flattened them. I got about 35 cookies and baked for 12 min. but I found the bottoms a little too brown on the first batch so I lowered the temp. to 350 for the rest. I didn't use any sesame seeds. I am eating them now and they are very good. Thanks Winkki for the great recipe. -
When the chef tells you that their recipe makes a lot of cookies, you should probably believe them. This one over-ran my mixer's largest bowl and I had to move it to my huge tupperware bowl and finish it by hand. I followed the recipe quantities as written and ended up with something like 14 dozen (which is a HUGE quantity for the two of us). The next time we make them, I'll make sure to halve the recipe for a more normal sized batch. I doubled up on the sunflower seeds because I like them (Winkki said that this recipe is very forgiving of substitutions), subbed quinoa seeds for the sesame seeds (because I had them on hand), and butter scotch chips for the carob (for the same reason). I also found that the cookies turned out better baked (for me, anyway) if they were baked at 350° for a minute or so longer than the recipe calls for. -
I used to make a similar recipe when my kids were small. Recently my daughter who is grown and in an intense accelerated college program asked me if i remembered them and would I make them again? Apparently the stress was slowin things down....I put flax and poppy seed in these. If they are too sticky, refrigerate them for a couple of hours or overnight. -
My 3 yo is having "trouble" lately :) so I decided to try these. They taste like healthy peanut butter cookies. I made 1/2 batch of larger cookies and got 18. Baked at 375° for about 15 min. Used dried cranberries, apricots, flax seed, oat bran, extra sunflower seeds. Used baby food prunes (4 oz) for milk. My 3 yo ate them, but started picking out all the fruit! At least he got the wheat, flax and bran! My 12 yo likes them and my picky 7 yo wouldn't try them (no surprise there.) -
These are SO yummy! My husband, 3 yr old(she has "trouble" too),and my 1 year old loved these. I followed the recipe and also used the prune baby food instead of the milk(had some left over from my son's baby food days). For the fruit I used bagged dried mixed fruit and craisins.I also had half a bag of the freeze dried Gerber banana and strawberries so I threw that in too! I rolled mine in cocount and flattened before cooking. I also froze half of the cookies(uncooked) because of the large quantity. I baked at 350 for 13 minutes. I would say the best way to describe these would be "trail mix cookies". Thanks for such a good recipe Winkki.
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I have made these twice, both times keeping to the spirit of the recipe, but both times different, depending what I had in the house to add. Both were much tastier than I expected. I tried to up the fiber in each recipe with more oats, date pure, more whole wheat flour, then adjusted the other ingredients til I had the right consistency. I made a half recipe each time and made 1/3 cup cookies I rolled in unsweetened coconut and flattened by hand. Doing this, I got about 18 breakfast sized cookies out of a half recipe. It took longer to bake them, of course, but the result gives me a breakfast with plenty of fiber. I also used honey instead of the brown sugar. Lots of possibilities with this recipe, can't wait to try more. You should keep extras in the fridge or freezer I think to keep fresh. A good one.
