Road Trip Trail Mix Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Photo taken with my phone via Instagram. Nikon is still broken. So sad.

I have been craving oatmeal cookies something fierce for some weird reason. Usually when I crave something, it's savory or bizarre; like Indian ramen noodles or salt and vinegar chips with chocolate. It was two days of wanting a dang oatmeal cookie, so I decided to bake a small batch already, geez! I left some with just raisins for the classic touch, but with the second half of the batch, I decide to throw caution to the wind and make a trail mix version. That was awesome; chewy on the inside, crispy on the outside and not too sweet. They are the perfect snack to fuel you through an entire summer-time road trip!

Trail Mix Oatmeal Cookies Recipe (vegan)
makes about 6 dozen


Ingredients

• 1 cup vegan margarine
• 1 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup vegan white sugar (The large granules of vegan sugar actually work really well here!)
• 1 TB vanilla extract
• 1 TB maple syrup
• 1/2 vegan sour cream (or you can use yogurt)
• 2 TB cornstrach
• 1 cup white flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 cups old fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup organic raisins
• 1/2 cup dried cherries (My favorite at the Montmorency cherries from Trader Joe's.)
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup raw pepitas

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cream together sugars and margarine. Add vanilla, sour cream, and cornstarch. Beat together until light and fluffy.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together flours through salt. Add to wet ingredients and mix.
4. Mix in oats.
5. Fold in raisins through pepitas.
6. Scoop rounded 1 TB balls onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Flatten slightly and bake 11-12 minutes. Let cool and then transfer to a wire rack.