~ no sugar added ~ egg, flour & dairy free!!
Banana Oat Breakfast Cookies
makes 12 BIG breakfast cookies or 16 regular sized
* 1 1/2 cups oatmeal, quick or old fashioned ~ uncooked and GF
* 2 ripe bananas, mashed with fork until creamy **(see update below)
* 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
* 1/3 cup raisins, or to taste
((optional ~ you can add in some dried cranberries (replacing some of
the raisins) if you include the use of dried cranberries in your diet.
Trader Joe's
<http://www.amazon.com/Trader-Joes-Dried-Cranberries-pack/dp/B004MJFKJQ>
makes a really good one.))
* 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted (or regular, if you prefer) ***(see update below)
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 tsp cinnamon (or more, to taste)
** for those of you who don't like bananas, try using 2/3 cup pureed
fresh or frozen mango in place of the mashed bananas. I've used it in
place of the bananas & it's an acceptable substitute, just maybe not
quite as sweet.
***for those of you who don't eat nuts, just make the recipe
without them. No need to replace them with anything else.
Preheat heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix vanilla extract & cinnamon into the applesauce.
Blend applesauce mixture with all other ingredients & let sit for 10
minutes
Drop cookie dough, by spoonfuls, onto a parchment paper lined cookie
sheet & flatten cookies into rounds.
Bake approx. 30-35 minutes, or until golden & done.
Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then move to
cooling rack.
Store in a covered container when completely cool.
Enjoy for breakfast, for an afternoon snack with tea/coffee or just
about anytime!
***to find more variety of these cookies go to her page but just
remember if the recipe is not GFCF make adjustments accordingly:
http://watching-what-i-eat.blogspot....-coo\kies.html
<http://watching-what-i-eat.blogspot.com/2012/04/banana-oat-breakfast-co\okies.html>