Challenge taker Jeanne sends this recipe to liven up your Challenge week. - not a bleak week at her house!
Grocery fliers in our local free Shopper newspaper really helped me plan our meals and list. Shopper is delivered on Friday, so I knew which items to buy from this past week's specials and which items to postpone for new specials that start Monday in our town. Lots of good specials are being featured to entice holiday bakers.
Below is a recipe for nutritious and satisfying cookies for folks investing in oatmeal (THE BIG BOX) since it's the cheapest breakfast food. All the ingredients also appear in other meals planned for Challenge Week.
Asterisks* show specials bought Saturday while past week's specials were still in effect. Pound signs # indicate specials that start Monday.
one egg# (99 cents/doz w/coupon)
1/2 cup oil
2/3 cup honey* (3.99 for 32 oz)
1/2 tsp. salt* (50 cents w/coupon)
1T cinnamon# (77 cents)
1 cup chopped walnuts# (3.50 for 10 oz)
1 cup raisins* (1.99 for 18 oz)
3 cups uncooked rolled oats* (1.99 for 42 oz)
2 tsp baking powder* (50 cents w/coupon)
1 cup whole wheat flour
1. Beat egg well along with oil and honey
2. Add salt, cinnamon, walnuts, raisins, and oats.
3. Add baking powder, mixing in well
4. Add flour, mixing in well.
5. Flour hands and shape into balls distributed over 2 cookie sheets. (4 dozen plus)
6. Flatten each ball with bottom of glass dipped in water to prevent sticking.
7. Bake at 325 degrees 15 minutes (or until lightly browned).
8. Cool thoroughly before removing from pans.
TIP: Herbs and spices in nice big sizes are just 77 cents at HyVee this coming week. Otherwise, they are $1.00 at dollar stores. I'm investing $2.31 of my precious food stamp allowance for oregano, cinnamon, and garlic powder (NOT garlic salt) to be used this week and well into the future.
ADVICE: White flour is cheaper than whole wheat; but with some artful budgeting, you can provide the nutritional premium of the whole grain. Nothing but the best for your family!!
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I decided to try this, but alas! I ended up crossing most of the ingredients off my shopping list in order to keep under our $50 limit for the 2 of us. Jeanne must have something figured out that I couldn't, or there are better sales where she lives.
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