No flour, no sugar, no oil, nothing unhealthy unless you choose to add it.
The recipe I developed into and use:
3 mashed bananas
2 cups oats
1/3 cup fruit puree [applesauce, mango, pineapple, pear, blueberry, etc.]
1/4 cup liquid [coconut milk, almond milk, soy milk, fruit juice, etc.]
1 cup fruit [small or diced, dried, or fresh firm fruits, such as dried blueberries/cranberries/apricot/etc., coconut flakes, diced apple or pear]
1/2 C finely chopped nuts or seeds [optional, such as walnuts, pecans, almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc.]
1 teaspoon extract [vanilla, almond, mint, etc.]
Preheated oven, 350 degrees, 10-15 minutes, spray the cookie sheets.
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| Ready to go into the oven...mango puree, coconut milk, coconut flakes, mixed nuts, vanilla |
I'm making 1-2 batches a week and the children have free access to them.
Notes:
- I have a convection oven. I only need 10-12 minutes to cook these, I would imagine a regular oven would need 15.
- These have no oil, so you really need to spray the cookie sheet.
- They come out like they go in. They do not spread. If I use a small cookie scoop I leave them be, but if I use the ice cream scoop, then I flatten down the tops.
- They make 2 dozen small scoop cookies or 1 dozen large scoop cookies.
- I make my own fruit purees in my Magic Bullet. I can whirl up super soft mangos, fresh berries, roasted sweet potatoes, etc. for use in these.
- I have also added a tablespoon of coconut oil and a tablespoon of flax seed to up the nutritional component on occasion.
- I use my Pampered Chef food chopper to chop the nuts.
- To keep the cookies moist, I place them in a Ziploc once cool.
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| Blueberry puree, coconut, mixed nuts |
The recipe I started with from FB:
3 mashed bananas
2 cups oats
1/3 C applesauce
1/4 C milk
1 C raisins
Simplest one I've found:
3 mashed bananas
2 cups oats
1 cup raisins
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