COOKIES! Who doesn’t like cookies!? This is a healthier version for your kids (and you!). Get the kids involved in this one!
Overview
Makes: 12 cookies
Difficulty: easy
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup – oats, dry
- 2 medium – ripe bananas
- 1 cup – applesauce, unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon – vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon – cinnamon
- 1/3 cup – raisins, seedless (optional)
- 1/4 cup – walnuts, chopped (optional)
Method:
Oven preheat 350 degrees.
With a space cleared out, you can get the kids to mash the bananas with a fork or potato masher.
Together measure and add the wet ingredients in a bowl: vanilla extract, cinnamon, and apple sauce and mix well.
Next measure and add dry oats, and optional raisins and walnuts. Let it sit for 10 minutes for a more of a cookie dough texture as you clean up together.
Grease a pan or use parchment paper and get the kids to scoop out dough. I like using an ice-cream scoop. Then with a spoon, flatten them into round shapes, as they don’t spread out like normal cookies when baking. It makes about 12 cookies.
Baking time: 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
Messy fun! Sheena x