Healthy cookies!

[arielmoon]

I have been making these and they are a hit where ever I take them.

For variation I alternate using 1/2 cup Enjoy Life Vegan Semi sweet chocolate chips in place of the raisins. I have also used both Oat and Buckwheat flours instead of white wheat flour. I use ground flax seed for the first ingredient.

The best part is that they are healthy and taste great at the same time!

Recipe here (http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/printer/banana-maple-oatmeal-cookies.htm) from this fantastic site Fat Free Vegan Kitchen (http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2010/02/banana-maple-oatmeal-cookies.html)

[softthings]

ff vegan kitchen rules! she always has the best food porn too. :)

[nscrbug]

Those sound mighty tasty. But I'm not a huge fan of maple syrup (except for when it's on pancakes or waffles..lol)...so I'm wondering if honey would be an okay substitute there?

[arielmoon]

I dont use honey (being vegan) but I did substitute half the syrup with agave and you could not tell the difference. I wouldnt say you even taste the maple in it. The flavor is more the oats and banana to me!

[deeaimond]

So i tried the recipe and added another one for a bonus....

http://hungryhostelite.blogspot.com/2010/05/back-super-cute-and-amazing-cupcake.html

[crazycanuck]

They look super yummy but what if i don't have any 1 teaspoon ground chia seeds or 2 tsp. egg replacer powder or 2 tsp. ground flaxseed in my house & want to make them this morning...

Can you suggest something to this non vegan :o

yummmmm

[deeaimond]

i didn't use a binder... I just used more banana. i think the lady who created the recipe said use half a banana more or something

[shootingstar]

So is that your blog, Dee?

I used to bake a banana-chocolate chip cookie. The cookies stayed soft and lovely for a few days in an airtight container.

Very ripe bananas can add alot of sweetness, thereby cutting down the sugar even more in recipe.

[deeaimond]

yeah, next batch i'm cutting the sugar.

and yes shootingstar, thats my bloggggggg

[arielmoon]

crazycanuck: The ground flax is an egg replacer so I would guess one egg.

One batch I made, I mixed all the ingredients and forgot the flax :eek: sitting on the counter! They baked up just fine and were just as moist as the other batch. One time I ran out of maple syrup and replaced 1/2 with agave and that was fine too. I am kinda experimenting as I go. Most of the ingredients I already had on hand. I use all organic except the maple syrup cause that is crazy expensive unless you buy the $30+ jug :eek: I like that the oats give them texture and balance to the sweet, especially the one with chocolate chips!

One of the guys from the bike shop placed really well in a crit yesterday and I told him it was the cookies. He is calling them Turbo Cookies now!