Oatmeal Banana Peanut Butter Cookies

Who doesn't LOVE cookies? 

Who doesn't love feeling guiltless when eating cookies? I needed to Mokshafy a recipe to keep me on track and to let my son eat cookies without all the sugar. We both have a major sweet tooth. It can put us in a sugary situation.

This recipe did just that. I won't feel bad sneaking one of these into his lunches for school, or eating one in the middle of the day. Healthy Cookies! For real!

INGREDIENTS
3 bananas, ripe
1⁄3cup Coconut oil
2.25 cups quick cooking oats
1⁄2cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Tbs Honey
3 Heaping Tbs of peanut butter

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas with a fork until no longer lumpy. If bananas aren't very ripe, a hand mixer may be used. Stir in oil, oats, chocolate chips, peanut butter and vanilla.
Lightly grease a cookie sheet or use a silpat.
For each cookie, spoon about 2 tablespoons of cookie mixture (or I like to use an ice cream scooper) onto the cookie sheet. 

Bake for 16-20 minutes.
**IF batter seems a little dry, add dashes of milk to moisten.

You can omit the chocolate chips to make them even healthier and add cinnamon, raisins or chopped pecans! Omitting the peanut butter all together is also a delish version! I just happen to have a love affair with peanut butter.

Enjoy and stay healthy my friends!

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GIANT Honey Oatmeal Cookies

OH MY! 

There is nothing like a fabulous Oatmeal cookie! Honestly I could eat them for breakfast I love them so much. I am VERY picky with my oatmeal cookies. I do not like cinnamon, nutmeg, raisin or extra stuff in my cookie. I like a wonderful moist, soft, sweet oat cookie! And this is just that! It's SOOO GOOD! This version has half the sugar. Replacing sugar with local honey makes the cookie Softer than usual. The honey acts like a sponge and absorbs moisture from the air which makes this cookie ridiculous!!

This recipe is sweet, buttery, soft and the best in my opinion. Well, it gives my friends infamous Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies that I am in love with a run for their money! She still wont give me the recipe even though I had to have them at my wedding!! (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! Your name begins with an A and ends with UDRE!!!) ONE DAY!!!

Sorry, I digress...... Beside those ^^ cookies, these are the best oatmeal cookies. With a slightly healthier recipe replacing sugar with honey, they really ARE THE BEST. 

Everyone will love these. I promise.

Recipe:
Yields 1 1/2 Dozen Cookies

Ingredients: Always use organic when possible

• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 3/4 cup unsalted grass-fed butter-Softened. (Kerrygold is my favorite)
• 2/3 cup organic local honey
• 3 egg whites
• 4 cups of old fashion oats
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

 Heat over to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheet with Ghee or Grass-fed butter. In a large bowl, beat sugar, butter, honey and egg whites with an electric mixer on medium.

Then stir in remaining ingredients.

Make each cookie about 4 tsp large. Space about 3 inches apart on cookie sheet. 

Bake for 13-14 minutes. When edges are light brown, the inside will be nice and soft.

Cool 5 minutes and place on wire rack.

*1 cookie is about 250 calories.

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