When she was around two years old, Rose had an elevated level of lead in her blood. This was due, most likely, to our former home which we renovated and which had some lead paint around the windows. Luckily, she did not have much lead and we were able to manage it (and home renovations were finished). The doctor prescribed iron supplementation as the way to chelate the blood and remove the lead.
One way we got iron into her, since it's such a difficult mineral to absorb with a supplement alone, was with blackstrap molasses. She was happy to eat these cookies which have quite a bit of molasses in them and taste great!
Oatmeal Molasses Cookies
1-1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
6 Tablespoons molasses
1 whole egg and 1 egg white (I used two small eggs whole and the cookies were just a little runnier)
1-3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup raisins
1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 400 degrees (I think I did 375 deg. instead)
Cream sugar and oil.
Beat in egg and molasses.
Sift and/or mix flour, cinnamon, soda, salt; then stir into sugar mixture.
Mix in remaining ingredients.
Drop by spoonfuls onto oiled cookie sheet (or use parchment paper as I did).
Bake 8-10 minutes or until done.
Makes 3-4 dozen cookies.
I just made these last week and brought them along to various homeschool activities. One boy, who does a lot of baking himself, said they were the best chocolate chip cookies he's ever tasted! And I must say, that just made my day. Especially since he said it in front of my always-skeptical children.
You do need to like molasses to like these cookies, but somehow the combination of nuts (I used the odd choice of cashews chopped fine because they were what I had and they were perfect), raisins and chocolate chips with the cinnamon and molasses is yummy.
One way we got iron into her, since it's such a difficult mineral to absorb with a supplement alone, was with blackstrap molasses. She was happy to eat these cookies which have quite a bit of molasses in them and taste great!Oatmeal Molasses Cookies
1-1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
6 Tablespoons molasses
1 whole egg and 1 egg white (I used two small eggs whole and the cookies were just a little runnier)
1-3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup raisins
1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 400 degrees (I think I did 375 deg. instead)
Cream sugar and oil.
Beat in egg and molasses.
Sift and/or mix flour, cinnamon, soda, salt; then stir into sugar mixture.
Mix in remaining ingredients.
Drop by spoonfuls onto oiled cookie sheet (or use parchment paper as I did).
Bake 8-10 minutes or until done.
Makes 3-4 dozen cookies.
I just made these last week and brought them along to various homeschool activities. One boy, who does a lot of baking himself, said they were the best chocolate chip cookies he's ever tasted! And I must say, that just made my day. Especially since he said it in front of my always-skeptical children.
You do need to like molasses to like these cookies, but somehow the combination of nuts (I used the odd choice of cashews chopped fine because they were what I had and they were perfect), raisins and chocolate chips with the cinnamon and molasses is yummy.
Comments
What a brilliant way to get iron into a child. there's only so much greens they're gonna eat, lol.
I've never seen blackstrap molasses here. I see it used a lot in American recipes. I'll ask around because it sounds tasty.