Ingredients: 

• ½ cup dried pitted dates or apricots 
• Fruit juice to cover fruit 
• ½ cup oil 
• 4 cups whole wheat pastry flour 
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon 
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger 
• ½ teaspoon salt 
• 3 tablespoons carob powder 
• 2 teaspoons vanilla 

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 
• Soak fruit in juice until soft.  Drain and squeeze out moisture.  Reserve juice and dice fruit. 
• Combine oil and sweetener. 
• Combine dry ingredients. 
• Add fruit to flour mixture. 
• Combine wet mixture with dry mixture, add vanilla and enough reserved juice to form a thick batter. 
• Drop rounded spoonfuls of mixture onto a baking sheet and bake 15-20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. 
• Cool on a wire rack.