Oatmeal Circles
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These Oatmeal Circles go fast in our house! Not only are they a great, healthy snack...but they also make a great breakfast for those days we have to leave the house early.
These circles are:
Vegan
White Refined Sugar free
Soy Free
These are good enough for you that i can't even call them cookies! It’s so fun learning about all of the ways to make things healthier without sacrificing taste or texture.
These cookies are a fabulous example of how you can make some simple changes to a recipe, making it much healthier, while keeping the effort and number of ingredients similar to the original.
In this case it’s mainly a matter of simple substitutions – oil instead of butter, a bit of flax instead of an egg, maple syrup instead of sugar, and the secret ingredient for keeping it moist yet cookie-like: a banana! (Don’t worry if you don’t like bananas, you don’t really taste it.)
Little Brother loved it straight from the bowl, and so did i-don't judge! I finally got the batter away from him and was able to portion them out.
I don't own a cookie sheet, however, the back of my cupcake pan worked great!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cups uncooked rolled oats
- 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- pinch salt
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed
- About 3/4 of a medium banana
- 1/2 cup raisins (you could also add nuts or chocolate chips)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl – make sure to blend it well enough that there’s no chunks of banana.
Place rounded spoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheet and bake for about 7-10 minutes, until light golden brown. Remove from oven and let the cookies finish baking on the cookie sheet for about 5 more minutes.
Enjoy!
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