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Otherwise known as oatmeal raisin flaxseed macadamia nut coconut cookies.

What Was I thinking?
I was thinking the counter project had just started, we had a four day weekend ahead of us, and there were a number of recipes on the interweb which alluded to the possibility of some delicious cookies.

Recipe
In one bowl mix:

• 1 c flour
• 1 c flax meal
• 1 c shredded coconut
• 1 c macadamia nuts
• 2 c oatmeal (1/2 steel cut irish style, 1/2 toasted regular flattish oats)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
  

In another bowl cream together

• 1 c brown suga'
• 1 c wht suga'
• 1 c vegan buttery spread stuff

Then beat into the sugar mix:

• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
  

Mix the two bowls together and add:

• 1/2 c raisins
  

Drop the cookies (about 2 tbsp worth) about 1 inch apart on oiled cookie sheets.  Try not to eat too much of th raw dough.  It's good, but it's better cooked.  Cook about 10 minutes.  Check, then cook for another 15 minutes.  Man, those suckers smell good.  Notice Squant staking around the kitchen.  Squant wants cookies.

Wait five minutes.  Use a very stiff spatula to scrape the suckers off the sheet.  They're stuck.  But oh, so freaking delicious.  Stop at 4 with a congratulations to yourself that you've done well.  Feed the same number to squant. 

The Verdict
He likes them.

These cookies will not last nearly as long as 24 giant cookies should last two people.  At my house, we had one with each meal.  Sometimes after dinner we'd have two. 

The good news is they are full of fiber.

They could probably stand to have the butter spread stuff halved, or even quartered.  Flax meal adds a lot of oil, so they were slightly more greasy than necessary.