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the hunt for healthy cookies

I love to eat - I love to eat sweets and baked goods more specifically and if only all those calories don't go straight to my thighs, hips and tummy I would be eating them all day. It unfortunately isn't so thus I am always on the lookout for better recipes that call for less butter and sugar. I found this 'healthier' version of an oatmeal cookie that uses banana to cut the fat - it still requires a cup of sugar though so until I find a better healthier sugar substitute (honey maybe?!) am sticking to this one.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

ingredients:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp butter, very soft
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup mashed banana (1 small/medium)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups oats
- 1 cup chocolate chips
how to:

- Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars. Beat in egg and banana, followed by the vanilla extract. Gradually, on low speed or by hand, add in the flour mixture. Stir in the oats (either whole rolled oats or “quick cooking”) and chocolate chips.
- Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 11-14 minutes at 350F, until set and lightly browned.
- Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes on the pan before transfering them to a wire rack to cool completely






I sort of went overboard and added raisins to the batch, I was thinking of making it a fruits and nuts oatmeal cookies but I ran out of almonds so this is just Oatmeal Banana Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies!


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