Oatmeal Cookies with Banana & Zucchini

This recipe came from Jessica Seinfeld's book, Deceptively Delicious and is apparently one of Jerry's favorites...and now one of mine too considering I just ate 4 hots ones right out of the oven! I'm a sucker for freshly baked cookies.

I had some zucchini I didn't want to waste, so I searched her book until I found a recipe that called for zucchini (I hid the rest in the kids pasta sauce, shhh!) There are a lot of recipes I'd like to try from her cookbooks and her blog. I thought these turned out pretty delicious, especially for a semi-healthy cookie. They have a light puffy texture, similar to a pumpkin cookie.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies w/o the raisins. I'm not a raisin fan, so I changed it to...

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Ingredients:

• 1 c whole wheat flour
• 1 c old-fashioned oats
• 1 teas. baking soda
• 1/2 teas. salt
• 1/4 teas. cinnamon
• 3/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons trans-fat-free soft tub margarine spread, chilled
• 1/2 c. banana puree
• 1/2 c. zucchini puree
• 1 large egg white
• 1/2 raisins (optional)
• mini chocolate chips (I used these instead of raisins)

1. Preheat oven to 350° F and coat baking sheets with cooking spray
2. In a bowl, combine the flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Stir to mix.
3. In a large bowl, beat the sugar and margarine with a wooden spoon until just combine; do not over mix.
4. Add the banana and zucchini purees, and the egg white, and stir just to blend.
5. Add the flour mixture, raisins or chocolate chips, if using, and stir to combine.
6. Drop the dough in a heaping tablespoonful onto the baking sheets, about 1 inch apart.
7. Bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Let to cookies cool on the baking sheets for 4 t0 5 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.

ENJOY!!