User post: Chewy Health Nut Oatmeal Cookies

1/2 cup shortening                                               1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar                                                         1 tsp b. soda
2 eggs                                                                1 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup molasses                                                1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 to 1 cup high fiber cereal, crushed                    2 cups whole rolled oats
1/4 cup milled flax seed                                        1/2 cup sliced almonds

     Heat oven to 400. In a medium bowl, mix the shortening, sugar, and molasses. Add eggs and mix well. Mix in the salt, soda, and cinnamon. Add the flax and cereal and mix well. Stir in the flour. Add the oats and nuts and mix well. Drop rounded balls of dough onto a sprayed cookie sheet. Mash with sprayed palm of hand just a bit. Bake for 8 or 9 minutes. No more than that. Cool and devour. This made two dozen but I make big cookies.

Don't get out the mixer, you can do the whole thing easily by hand with a spoon.
Use what ever nuts you want (chopped), but almonds or walnuts are healthiest.
You can skip the salt, but not the soda.
Don't like molasses? Try maple syrup or honey.
You can use whole flax seed, but I like the taste of the milled better.
Use the "old fasioned" oats, the "quick oats" have good stuff left out.
I save the stuff at the bottom of the cereal box in a baggie until I have enough to use. For this I used Kashi Organic Wheat Squares.
Don't be afraid of egg yolks, there's good stuff in there. Besides, we're talking two yolks in 24 cookies!
I like spicey cookies. Add 1/4 tsp ground cloves, 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg, and 1 tsp ground ginger, (or 1 tsp finely chopped candied ginger!).
Cut back the sugar by 1/4 cup and they still taste good. You might even try for 1/2 cup less.
I have these for breakfast with non-fat milk. Take them with you. They have less sugar than many cereals!
Yeah, I know. Shortening. Use vege shortening. Or that new better for you margarine. You can experiment with olive oil. I didn't like them as much.
Add  raisens or dates or figs or dried cranberries or chopped apples or .....!