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No-Bake Oatmeal Walnut Cookies

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Yield: About 24 cookies

No-Bake Oatmeal Walnut Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon flaxseeds, ground
  • 2 tablespoons water, warm
  • 1 1/2 cup dates, pitted
  • 1 cup walnuts, halves or pieces
  • 1 cup old fashioned oats
  • 2 tablespoons date or coconut sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt

Instructions

    1: Soak the flaxseeds in 2 tablespoons warm water. Set aside.
    2: Line a baking sheet with wax or parchment paper or a silicone mat. Set aside.
    3: Add the dates, walnuts and oats to a food processor. Process until crumbly and no big pieces are left. Scrape down the sides if needed.
    4: Add the flax mixture, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Process until the mixture holds together. Add a bit of water if the dough is too dry to hold together.
    5: One tablespoon at a time, roll the dough into balls.
    6: Place the dough balls on the baking sheet. Flatten them down slightly with a fork, making a crisscross pattern. (Dip the fork in water if the dough sticks to the fork.)
    7: Refrigerate 4 - 6 hours or until the cookies are firm.

Notes

Soak your dates in water if they are very dry. Drain them before adding.

© Karen Breyer

Try these delicious No-bake Oatmeal Walnut Cookies! They are easy to make and healthy too. You need only a few ingredients to make this tasty treat. Chill them in the fridge instead of cooking them in the oven. Keep your kitchen cool and enjoy these No-bake Oatmeal Walnut Cookies for dessert, snack or even breakfast. Yes they are healthy enough for breakfast!

In this cooking video Karen Breyer will show you step-by-step how to make these No-Bake Oatmeal Walnut Cookies. Watch this cooking video and make some yummy No-bake Oatmeal Walnut Cookies today!

Oatmeal Surprise Cookies

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Oatmeal Surprise Cookies

Oatmeal Surprise Cookies

Ingredients

  • 3 bananas, ripe, large
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg (optional)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
  • Cooking spray
  • Additional Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup of any two of the following (1 cup total):
  • Raisins, any color
  • Coconut, shredded
  • Nuts, chopped, any type
  • Chocolate chips, dark or semi-sweet
  • Fruit, dried, chopped, any type
  • Dates, chopped

Instructions

1: Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 2 baking sheets with a cooking spray.

2: Mash bananas with a fork.

3: In a large bowl, mix ingredients together in order. Mix well after each addition.

4: Drop by a heaping teaspoonful on a greased baking sheet.

5: Bake at 350° for 25 - 30 minutes or until they start to become golden on the top and bottom.

Notes

Be creative and try other additional ingredients.

You can use 4 small bananas instead of 3 large.

I have substituted 1/2 cup no-sugar applesauce or pumpkin puree for some or all of the oil and they still taste great.

These freeze well. You can place a few in a sandwich bag in the freezer, and they are ready to go for an easy breakfast, snack, or in a lunch.

Use can use another type of salt if you prefer.

Old fashioned oats are also called rolled oats.

Try these fun healthy Oatmeal Surprise Cookies! They are so easy to make and super yummy! These cookies are made with common ingredients you will likely already have. In this cooking video Karen Breyer will show you step-by-step how to make this Oatmeal Surprise Cookies recipe.

What is so fun about these cookies is that you can change some of the ingredients and make these cookies different every time! When you share them they can be a surprise every time! They are sugar free and perfect for breakfast, snacks and dessert! Watch this cooking video and make these yummy, fun Oatmeal Surprise Cookies today! In this cooking video Karen Breyer will show you step-by-step how to make Oatmeal Surprise Cookies.

Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

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Try these yummy, healthy Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Cookies! In this video Karen Breyer will show you step-by-step how to make this Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Cookies recipe. These cookies are so easy to make even a beginner can make them!

Looking for healthy recipes you can make with your ripe bananas? If so, this is the perfect recipe for you. You can also turn these cookies into healthy chocolate chip pumpkin cookies by adding some chocolate chips. There are also many other tasty variations, like nuts, raisins, and dried fruit, for this cookie recipe.

I think this Pumpkin Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe will become one of your favorite healthy dessert or snack recipes. Your kids will love these cookies in their lunch! This cookie recipe is even healthy enough you can eat them for breakfast! Try these delicious, easy Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Cookies today!

Yield: About 36 cookies

Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 - 3/4 cup raisins, soaked in hot water
  • 3 large or 4 small bananas, ripe
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin, canned
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 egg (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups old fashioned oats
  • Cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray the 2 cookie sheets with a cooking spray.
  2. Pour hot water over the raisins to cover them. Soak them for a few minutes, then drain off the water.
  3. In a separate large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork and mix together with the pumpkin, oil and egg.
  4. Add the vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and salt. Mix well.
  5. Stir in the oats and drained raisins.
  6. Drop mixture by a heaping tablespoonful on a greased cookie sheet.
  7. Bake at 350° for 25– 30 minutes or until they start to become golden on the top and bottom.

Notes

You could also add dried cranberries and/or chopped nuts in place of, or in addition to the raisins. You could also experiment with other ingredients.

These cookies are best eaten within 24 hours.

I prefer the taste of Kosher salt.

Do not over bake these Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Cookies or they will be dry.

See a cooking demonstration of this Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Cookies recipe on the Cooking Lessons for Dad YouTube channel.

© Karen Breyer

 

Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies

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Learn how to make this amazing Healthy Peanut Butter Cookie recipe! In this video Karen Breyer will show you step-by-step how to make these easy healthy peanut butter cookies. These peanut butter cookies only have 5 ingredients and will be the best healthy peanut butter cookies you have ever tried!

If want to learn how to make cookies, this simple peanut butter cookie recipe is perfect for you! Watch this video and try this easy, Healthy Peanut Butter cookie recipe today!

Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 cups roasted peanuts, salted or unsalted
  • 1 cup whole wheat pasty flour
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt, Kosher (to taste)
  • 1/2 cup honey, warmed
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Add peanuts and flour to a food processor or strong blender. Blend until the flour and peanuts are the same texture.
  3. Add the salt (to taste) and blend to mix. Add less salt if the peanuts are salted and more if they are not salted.
  4. Warm the honey in the microwave until it is a liquid consistency (about 30 to 60 seconds).
  5. Add the peanut mixture to a bowl with the vanilla and warmed honey. Mix together.
  6. Pinch off pieces of dough and roll them into walnut size pieces. The dough should be soft, but not too sticky to roll in balls. If the dough is too dry mix in a little water (about 1 tablespoon). If the dough is too wet, mix in a little more flour until it is a soft consistency.
  7. Place the dough balls on a baking sheet and press them flat with your hands.
  8. Next press them down flatter with a fork in a criss-cross pattern. Dip the fork in water as needed to keep it from sticking to the dough.
  9. Bake for about 10 minutes or just until the cookie edges start to brown. Let them cool before removing them from the pan.

Notes

You can use a different type of salt if you do not have Kosher salt.

Use a microwave safe container when warming the honey in the microwave. Heat it until it is liquidy.

Be careful not to burn these cookies. Check them a minute or two early just in case they cook more quickly.

The honey needs to be warmed enough so it will pour like water.

The dough consistency should be similar to pie crust dough.

See a cooking demonstration of this Healthy Peanut Butter Cookie recipe on the Cooking Lessons for Dad YouTube channel

© Karen Breyer

 

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