It's a Baking Kind of Sunday...

I love the weekends where I can kick back and relax, read a good book...that is until I get the bug to bake something.

Recently my friend Bobbie Chapman sent around on her Facebook site, a recipe for Oatmeal Cookies. It looked rather interesting and very simple.  I'm all for simple.  Problem was that I didn't have all the right ingredients, so I substituted.  Here is the original recipe from Bobbie whom she got from Nicki Marie's Facebook page. Who knows where Nicki Marie got it from...

I changed a few of the ingredients so here are the changes.

2 mashed Bananas

2/3 Cup Applesauce

Craisins instead of raisins

1 tsp. of Splenda 

I would have used Monk Fruit sugar instead but didn't have any here at the house.

Mix well

Small Cookie Scoop

I scooped out the mixture with a cookie scoop that looks like a small ice cream scoop. The measurement comes to               1 heaping Tablespoon. 

 

Put on parchment paper and flatten down with a fork.  These will not spread as there isn't any butter in them. I baked them for 20 minutes.  I let them sit for about 10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack. Makes 24 cookies.

They are quiet different, but good.

This is a moist cookie so refrigerate after sealing in a Ziploc bag. Can warm in microwave for 5 seconds if you don't want a cold cookie.

Here's the finished product!

Nutritional Breakout: Serving Size 2 cookies for 98 calories, Total Fat 1.1g, Saturated Fat 0.2g, Sodium 6mg, Total Carb. 19.5g, Dietary Fiber 2.6g, Sugar 7g, Protein 1.9g

Note:  Nutrition is based on the ingredients I used.  You could use dried blueberries or dried cherries instead of raisins. You might even try chocolate chips or M&M's  Sky is the limit.

Oats are suppose to be Gluten-Free but you have to make sure they have not been processed a facility that has processed other grains. I would try Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Oats. 

Peace, Love and Happy Eating...