I have just discovered the healthiest cookie recipe ever! When you read the recipe, it looks like something that isn’t going to work, because there’s NO FLOUR and NO SUGAR, and yet when you put these together, they are chewy and delicious!
I found the recipe online, advertised as “Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies.” I’m not sure exactly where I stand on the gluten-free issue. Thankfully, I do not have Celiac’s Disease, so I don’t need to eat gluten-free, but I think I feel healthier when I avoid gluten. So I tried these cookies with FIVE ingredients readily available in my kitchen.
Here’s how you do it:
Heat the oven to 350 degrees, and spray a cookie sheet.
Mash TWO BANANAS in a bowl. Add one cup of uncooked QUICK OATS. Next, I also added a shot of HONEY, even though the recipe didn’t call for it.
Then, pulverize some NUTS until you have 1/4 cup of “finely chopped nuts,” or a “nut powder.” I used almonds, but I think any nuts would do. Gently fold that into the mixture.
Then, I added a handful of RAISINS.
Drop from a spoon onto the cookie sheet, flatten into cookie shape, and bake for 15 minutes.
Now, you have something that looks like a cookie, and while it doesn’t exactly taste like a cookie, in some ways it’s better, because it’s extremely SWEET!! And all the ingredients are completely natural! (And imagine how much fiber there must be in these cookies, with all those oats and fruits?)
The recipe I found online said you could experiment by replacing some or all of the mashed banana with pumpkin puree, or applesauce, or maybe even sweet potato or butternut squash. Maybe add dried cranberries, or chopped walnuts, or maybe chocolate chips? Anything goes, you decide.
Cheap enough, and good enough to try at least once. Don’t pass this recipe by!
