Healthy-licious Oatmeal Cookies
As some of you know, kicking the sugar habit is a big part of my health and wellness message. The more I learn about sugar (and refined carbs) and what they actually do to the human body, the less I want to eat them.
Sugar and refined carb consumption is now being directly linked not only to diabetes, but also to heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s. Amazingly, by making healthy dietary choices, we can actually help to stave off these diseases and in some cases even reverse them. If you’ve not signed up for my e-newsletter, please sign up at right and learn more in my e-book “Kick Your Sugar Habit Before Sugar Kicks You.”
Although I choose to limit my sugar consumption, like many of you I don’t want to be entirely deprived of sweet treats. So I’ve been playing in my galley (that’s boat-speak for “kitchen”) and experimenting with several recipes, to come up with this über deliciously-healthy Oatmeal Cookie Recipe!
Healthy-licious Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1/4 cup roasted almond butter or peanut butter
- 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
- 1 TBSP Vanilla
- 1 cup Gluten-free rolled oats OR GF steel cut oats
- 1/3 cup Gluten-free flour or baking mix eg: Bob's Red Mill GF Baking Flour
- 1/3 cup protein powder eg: Pea Protein or Rice Protein
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 TBSP cinnamon
- 2 TBSP organic cocoa powder optional
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup chopped almonds pecans, walnuts, peanuts or other nuts (optional)
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips optional (I used fair-trade, organic 70% bitter-sweet chips)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°, and lightly grease a cookie pan with coconut oil.
- In a medium-sized bowl, mash the 2 bananas, and add in the almond butter, melted coconut oil, vanilla, and mix thoroughly.
- In another medium-sized bowl, combine the GF oats, GF flour, protein powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and cocoa powder. Mix until combined well.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl with the bananas, and mix well. Fold in the shredded coconut, raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips.
- Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a cookie sheet, about 1" apart. Bake at 350° for 14 minutes. Makes 18 healthy-licious oatmeal cookies.
- Each cookie contains only 4 grams of sugar, most of it naturally occurring from the bananas, raisins, almond butter, oats, (and chocolate chips if you use them.)
This is right up my alley! We will check it out and try to give you feedback on how our family receives it.
Thanks Heidi,
Mac
Hi Mac, good to hear, I’d love to hear how you like them! 🙂
Yum….thanks Heidi
Hope you enjoy them Pam! 🙂
Heidi, The cookie monster inside me thanks you for this recipe! It has all the best ingredients for a perfect cookie! Thanks for designing and sharing it!
I am going to try this recipe, sounds delicious!!
Hi Heidi, We enjoyed these delicious cookies at your Mom’s house. Loved them and looking forward to baking them soon.
Hi Diane, I’m so glad you enjoyed these cookies! I just made another batch last night, always seem to have over-ripe bananas around. 🙂