

Add all the ingredients EXCEPT the optional candy eyes and food colouring to your food processor and process until smooth. Buying the applesauce in the snack-sized containers is both the exact amount you need for the recipe, and saves you from throwing away extra if you don't eat it regularly. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. This goes against the above tip, but it's for a good reason. You get more for your money, and can make a batch of these super easy energy bites or another batch of cookies with the leftovers. Opt for that BIG canister of oats instead of the small one. The oatmeal provides a great opportunity to bring a healthier ingredient into a dessert. They actually work better than fresh once you thaw and mash them. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Mitch Mandel and Thomas MacDonald The wonder of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies lies in the texture: a perfectly chewy interplay of butter-softened flour and baked oats, with a surprising jolt of chocolaty goodness. Instead of throwing out those brown bananas, or succumbing to another banana bread, peel, and freeze them for this recipe. 😉 Money-Saving Tips for this Healthy Cowboy Cookies Recipe: We all know what the right decision is here. That chocolaty drizzle is optional, but hey so are leather chaps to a cowboy. Am I aging myself, or please tell me someone gets the Hey Dude reference. Try no chill healthy gingersnap cookies if you are in a hurry Preheat the oven and prepare baking sheets: Set the oven to 350 degrees and line your baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet. Theyre a twist on a classic chocolate chip cookie mixed with an oatmeal. I'm hosting my second annual cookie swap party this week, and with frands that have all different food preferences, intolerances, or other annoyances ( I kid!), these fit the bill for all the hey dudes at the ranch. I wrote this recipe with both health and flavor in mind. but for that cowboy who makes a killer quinoa salad, buys low-sodium black beans, and has been known to attend a yoga class or two. They are called COWBOY cookies after all. So maybe the non-cookie (but equally awesome) holiday dessert roundup didn't tickle your fancy. I hope it is slightly less messy than Maine's current freezing rain/snow mood right meow. Healthy Cowboy Cookies Recipe (Vegan, Gluten-Free) - Made with only 9 ingredients, with no added oils, sugars, flours, or eggs!Īnd ho, ho, happy Monday to you.
