After School Snack Energy Boosters

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Healthy after-school snacks provide� a boost of� energy for kids after a day of learning and activities. Fruit, vegetable sticks, crackers, cheese, granola bars, healthy cookies and muffins, peanut butter on celery, and peanut butter sandwiches are all high-energy healthy snack foods.� Store-bought snacks are often very expensive and tend to be packed with sugar, fat, salt and preservatives! To save money and promote healthy eating,� make homemade snacks.

Bake these nutritious cookies with honey, whole wheat flour, oats, and fresh apples for an after-school snack� or� lunch.�

Apple Oatmeal Cookies

1/2 cup/120 ml� margarine, softened (use regular or reduced-fat margarine)
1/2 cup/120 ml� honey
1 egg
1 teaspoon/5 ml� Watkins Vanilla Extract
3/4 cup/180 ml� stone ground whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon/2.5 ml� baking soda
3/4 teaspoon/7.5 ml� Watkins Ground Cnnamon
1 1/2 cups/375 ml� quick-cooking oats
1 or 2� apples,� peeled and chopped

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, honey, egg and vanilla until smooth. Combine the whole wheat flour, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats and apples. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake� for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

( I baked these cookies this past week. The apples� give them a soft, moist� texture.)

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Eleisia Whitney has a Watkins Home Business. She enjoys cooking and baking with Watkins� extracts, spices,� herbs, and sauces for healthy meals.� Eleisia publishes a Watkins Newsletter, “Around the Kitchen Table,”� that brings you recipes, cooking and health tips, and contests for free Watkins products. Visit her at http://www.everydaynecessities.com�

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Written by Eleisia · Filed Under Recipes & Tips