Oh, my! Don’t they look innocent? They are supposed to be cookies, but they are, in reality, delicious little islands of nuts, dates, and cranberries surrounded by a minimum of oatmeal cookie dough, and quickly baked to perfection. Three dozen of these beauties landed on the counter and in the freezer after a short baking session.
The recipe was purloined from one of my favorite cooking/baking blogs. I made a few substitutions, i.e. coconut sugar for the brown sugar, and five-grain rolled cereal for the oatmeal. I couldn’t find my cardamom, so I used allspice and garam masala.
If you want to fall in love with an easy-to-stir-together cookie, AND have the self control not to eat all of them immediately, give these guys a try. I had hoped there would be some to take on a picnic soon, but it seems that putting them in the freezer did not deter us from gobbling them at a rapid rate!
Adventures of Dorrie Anne 
Glad you enjoyed these tasty cookies. Love your version with the dates and coconut sugar. I haven’t used allspice in a while, so thanks for the reminder of that! 🙂
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They look delicious. A very interesting idea for spice.
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Must needs! ;->
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You know how to pivot beautifully in the kitchen. Hugs!
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The cardamom had been there at some indeterminate time, but its location eluded me on Monday. Not clear that the actual spice choice mattered. We have our own Penzey’s outlet, it seems – probably 200 bottles of them here and there . . . and everywhere!
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I miss cookies when I am trying to”be good” as I am now, and these sure look tasty!
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They aren’t so bad – healthwise. I used a lot of nuts and dried fruits with just a bit of actual batter around them. They are smallish, and one seems to be enough to satisfy the craving.
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So healthy & yummy!!! I just finished eating dried cranberries…so good!
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