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The healthiest cookies I have ever baked

April 21, 2012

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I don’t bake cookies often. Just one simple reason – the quantity of butter that most cookie recipes ask for, totally intimidates me. But a few weeks ago, I was baking cookies for days in a row, starting with these unbelievably healthy flourless, butterless, eggless and almost sugarless cookies which I stumbled upon on 101cookbooks.

I adapted slightly, adding a little honey to sweeten them up a bit, as it was for the kids in the playgroup. The teacher wrote me a note saying they were delicious and no one wanted to share them with anyone. So much for the notion that nothing healthy can ever be delicious.

Thanks Nikki for sharing it with us butter-phobics via Heidi’s blog.

Oats – Banana – Almond – Chocolate cookies

Makes around 3 dozen bite sized cookies

Time taken – under 30 minutes

The healthiest cookies I have ever baked

I don't bake cookies often. Just one simple reason - the quantity of butter that most cookie recipes ask for, totally intimidates me. But a few weeks ago, I was baking cookies for days in a row, starting with these unbelievably healthy flourless, butterless, eggless and almost sugarless cookies whic
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 bananas , peeled and mashed (riper, the better)
  • 1 tsp vanilla almond or extract
  • 1/4 cup rice bran oil
  • 2 cups oats
  • 1/4 cup almonds - roughly pulsed in mixer [if allergic to nuts, use cornmeal instead].
  • 1/3 cup coconut scraped , fresh or frozen (if frozen, microwave for 30 seconds to soften it).
  • 4 tbsps honey brown sugar or .
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon .
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt .
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder .
  • 150 - 200 grams chocolate bar , chopped roughly [ Morde or Selbourne is good.]

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven at 175 Celsius.
  2. In a large bowl, combine mashed bananas, vanilla extract and oil with a whisk.
  3. In another bowl, mix all dry ingredients except the chocolate.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mix until combined.
  5. Stir in the chocolate chunks at the end.
  6. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. If you have a smaller oven, bake in batches convenient to you.
  7. Drop heaped teaspoon fulls of cookie dough keeping an inch of space between the cookies.
  8. Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.
  9. These will be chewy when cooled.

Notes

Notes:
These make a perfect healthy snack for you or your kids. Also simple enough and non messy to bake together with young kids.
The batch I sent to school, I skipped the almonds as some kids could be allergic to tree nuts. The cornmeal worked well in that. Another batch I baked with almonds, that had a beautiful flavour and crunch, to which I added almond extract.
by Nandita Iyer 
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Comments

  1. Roshni Sangeeta Tandon says: April 21, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    They are not just for kids but for their mommies and daddied too. You have again inspired me to bake! But will not do it today, but definitely along the week. And it will be a nice way to feed my son bananas. He eats every veggies on earth but not a single piece of fruit. He loves milk but will not have milkshakes, if I add pureed fruit to them. He will be 3 next month.

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  2. Karishma says: April 21, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    sounds great! Any alternative to rice bran oil? Is it ok to use sunflower oil? And btw, read your article in Good Food..very engaging writeup and nice pics too…putting it on my must-visit list next time I’m in blore!

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  3. Anonymous says: April 21, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    These are heart healthy! Will try and let you know.

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  4. Pragyan says: April 22, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    Truly healthy! 🙂

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  5. Anonymous says: April 24, 2012 at 6:55 am

    hey nandita..looks really yummy..will try it sometime soon..can u suggest some alternative to rice bran oil?

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  6. last minute alanya says: May 1, 2012 at 6:53 am

    I`ve tried this recipe and i`m really impressed, it has a very good taste. My both child tried it and they like it a lot. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  7. Anonymous says: June 13, 2012 at 8:37 am

    I have water in mouth… thanks for giving best tips.. keep more sharing for more tips.. thanksPlaygroups Mumbai

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  8. Anonymous says: July 3, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Thanks for one more of healthy yet tasty recipe! I made a batch with help of my 7 yr old daughter and we all LOVED it!!Only issue being they turned quite soft soon after.. is this expected to happen? Are they supposed to crisp up at all ?I will be making these again and again, good option for school’s “third” break tiffin 🙂

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  9. Anonymous says: January 11, 2013 at 8:28 am

    Hi Nandita,I made this long time back and posted it today on my blog. My lil one loved it and all of us enjoyed it. Thanks for the recipe. Btw, I saw ur show on fox traveler’s Twist of taste with Vineet in the B’lore edition.You were great 🙂

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  11. Anonymous says: March 1, 2013 at 7:12 am

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  14. Anonymous says: June 4, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    Hi nandita chanced upon this recipe. Sounds delicious. Want to make it for my 1.5yr old. How long does this stay? If stored in an airtight container? Pls reply.

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  15. bmdipti says: February 2, 2016 at 2:55 pm

    Hi! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂 want to try it soon

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  16. bmdipti says: February 2, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    Can the rice bran oil be replaced with any other oil?

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  17. nandita says: February 3, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    Dipti: Yes sure any other oil will do

    Reply

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