"Healthy" Cookies..They do exist..sorta...

So had some really ripe bananas and first thought was to make banana bread but try as I might any healthy version I make tastes well...crappy...seriously...you need the butter/oil/amazingness to make it banana bread so when I saw a recipe for "no-sugar" cookies I thought yes! healthy and delicious can exist together and in my stomach!  I adapted it slightly so here it is: 


3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup coconut oil, warmish so it is actually a liquid
2 cups rolled oats
2/3 cup ground flaxseed (used my coffee grinder and used Golden Flaxseeds) 
1/3 cup coconut, finely shredded & unsweetened
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt (I used some non fine salt here because well I live by the concept go big or go home)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 chocolate chips (dark chocolate would be the business here)


Mix together the bananas, vanilla & Oil in one bowl. 


Mix everything else, except chocolate, in another bowl.


Mix both bowls together. 


Throw in chocolate and you guessed it: Mix! 


I baked mine at 325 degrees using CONVECTION bake.  Though the original recipe states 350 on "bake"...do what you deem necessary.


Also she cooked hers on parchment paper I just used some coconut oil on my pans and they didn't stick.  


Then bake for anywhere from 12-15 minutes.  You want to bake as long as you can before they burn on the bottom.  


Here is some tips: 
--These cookies are very loose when you make them...its okay :) I made more like mountains then cookies...
--The original recipe stated it makes 3 dozen tiny cookies...I don't do tiny cookies so I made exactly 2 dozen.   IF you also make 2 dozen that are more mountain shaped then make sure to "flatten" the cookies about 6 minutes in to the cooking time as they don't spread like "normal" cookies...this way they actually get cooked all the way through and not just crisped on top. It doesn't make as pretty as a cookie but it saves you 15 minutes of your life...
--These could easily work for many food allergies!  They could be vegan, sugar free, Gluten free and whatever else you need which is great :) 


My Verdict: These are not cookies exactly, at least in my book......  I cooked mine for as long as possible and yet they are pretty soft....maybe because I made them bigger? They are still warm so they might firm up....I will update.  Though honestly they are pretty freaking good and will be consumed pretty quickly in the JO-oper Household.  I also think that they would be amazing with dark chocolate and wish I had done that.  


Lacy 

PS I suck at photography.  Please don't judge these cookies by my lack of skills....srsly.....
PSS That I get anything done with such cuteness surrounding me is pretty freaking amazing....