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FOOD

Breakfast

Pumpkin-

Cherry

Breakfast

Cookies

ACTIVE 15 MIN.
TOTAL 45 MIN.
PLUS COOLING
MAKES 16 4-IN. COOKIES

2 cups whole-wheat
flour
1 cup old-fashioned oats GET
1 tsp baking soda ENERGIZED!
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice The iron, magnesium,
and vitamin B in oats
½ tsp kosher salt
can help maximize
1 15-oz can your morning
pure pumpkin stamina.
and egg on medium
1 cup olive oil
to combine. Reduce
1 cup brown sugar
speed to low; gradually
1 large egg
incorporate flour mixture, MAKE AHEAD:
½ cup roasted then pepitas and cherries.
salted pepitas Store cookies in
3. Scoop 16 mounds an airtight container
½ cup dried cherries
(about ⅓ cup each) onto up to 2 days or freeze
1. Heat oven to 350°F. parchment-lined baking up to 2 weeks. Reheat
In a medium bowl, sheets, spacing 2 in. in toaster until crisp.
whisk together flour, apart; flatten into disks.
oats, baking soda, Bake until dark brown NUTRITION (per cookie):
pie spice, and salt. on bottoms, 20 to 290 cal, 4 g pro, 33 g carb, 3 g
fiber, 16 g sugars (13.5 g added MIKE GARTEN.
2. Using an electric mixer, 25 minutes. Transfer sugars), 16.5 g fat (2.5 g sat fat),
beat pumpkin, oil, sugar, to wire rack to cool. 11.5 mg chol, 160 mg sodium

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