Vegan Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

I've been continually searching for--and refining my own--recipes for vegan cookies.  Please see below for one I think is a success.  And who doesn't love peanut butter and jelly-themed desserts?

Vegan Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

1 cup unbleached flour
1/2 cup oat flour
1/2 cup oats
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 T non-hydrogenated vegetable spread (such as Earth Balance)
2 T oilve oil
2 T peanut butter
1 banana, mashed and mixed with 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup raisins
preserves of your choice

• Preheat oven to 350. 
• Combine flours, oats, and baking soda in a medium bowl.  
• In a large bowl, beat sugar, vegetable spread, olive oil, peanut butter, and banana mixture until smooth and fluffy. 
• Beat flour mixture into the wet mixture until well blended.  Add raisins.
• Scoop dollops of cookie mixture on to a greased cookie sheet.  Use your thumb to make an indentation into the cookie dough.  Scoop a small amount of preserves into the indentation. 
• Bake for 10 minutes or until cookie dough just begins to brown.
• Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then finish cooling on a wire rack.
• Enjoy!

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