Recipe: Skinny chunky monkey cookies
| Healthy You | Eating Right | Recipes
This jazzed up oatmeal cookie doesn't have any sugar, flour or eggs.
A healthier (40 calories!) cookie without eggs or refined flour. You won't miss out on flavor though, because of the sweet chocolate chips and spicy cinnamon.
Serves 32
Ingredients:
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup milk (almond/soy)
- 1/4 cup raisins/chopped nuts
- 1 cup chocolate chips OR ¾ cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mash bananas in a medium bowl. Add remaining ingredients to bowl and stir until mixed well. Let the dough set for approximately 20 minutes to allow oatmeal to soften.
Place teaspoon size ball (a small melon baller would work great) of cookie dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts (per serving):
40 calories, 1.2g fat, 7.3g carbohydrates, 1.7mg sodium, 1g protein
Recipe from Cecelia Jacobson, Registered Dietitian for the Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.
Cecelia Jacobson RD
Cecelia Jacobson, RD, LD, CDCES, is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist for PeaceHealth in Oregon. She has been providing adult nutrition counseling and diabetes education for more than 20 years. Cecelia also conducts monthly cooking demonstrations, health fairs, and wellness outreach. She is passionate about helping her patients obtain sustainable diet and lifestyle changes in line with their goals. Cecelia grew up near Bellingham, Washington and graduated from Bastyr University. When she is not at work, you can find her outdoors or volunteering. She has ridden Cycle Oregon multiple times on the Candle Lighters, Ride For a Child team. She also loves to camp, hike and tend to her small garden to create culinary experiments at home.
