Go Bananas

I made these cookies to bring for the girls at the Haney to Harrison Relay. They are bite-sized cookies that do not contain any added sugar, dairy, flour, or eggs - woopie! Because they are not overly sweet, they make a wonderful everyday cookie & taste wonderful with almond milk, tea, or hot cocoa. No sugar crashes post snack attack with these puppies! Oh and did I mention they are SUPER easy to make...

Healthy Bite Sized Cookies

Ingredients:

1.5 large, ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or 1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp coconut oil, warm (or olive oil)
1 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup almond meal (ground almonds)
3 tbsp coconut, finely shredded & unsweetened (I don't use this)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup vegan chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar chopped

Directions: Preheat oven to 350F. In a large bowl mash the bananas and then mash in the vanilla and softened coconut oil. Set aside. In another bowl whisk together the oats, almond meal, shredded coconut, cinnamon, salt, chocolate, and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined. The dough is very loose and does not hold together well, but don’t worry about that. I took a couple tsp of the dough in my hand and gently formed a ball and squeezed it together as much as I could. Place 1 inch apart on baking sheet. Bake for 14 minutes until bottoms are golden. Let cool for about 20 minutes to set. Makes about 17 bite-sized cookies.

Nutritional info: (Approx. per bite, makes 17 bites): 59 kcals, 2.8 grams fat, 1 gram protein, 2 grams sugar, 1 gram fibre.