Power Cookies
Description
These cookies are tasty and full of energy. Oatmeal, dried fruit, coconut and pureed cannelini beans make these cookies so healthy you could eat nothing else!
Ingredients
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4 cups rolled oats
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1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
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1/2 cup white sugar
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1/2 cup brown sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
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1/2 cup flaked coconut
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1/2 cup raisins
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1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Grind the oats in a blender until resembling coarse flour.
2
In a medium bowl, mash beans to a smooth paste. Stir in the white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until well blended. Combine the ground oats, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; blend into the bean mixture. Stir in the dates, coconut, raisins and walnuts. Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.
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Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden. Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes then remove to wire racks to cool completely.