Thursday, August 14, 2014

Fruit & Oat Cookies - Sugar Free

My daughter doesn't like dried apricots...

My husband doesn't like ground flax seeds...

But I can get them BOTH to eat these cookies!!!


Fruit & Oat Cookies
(Makes 20)

You'll need:
2 over-ripe bananas
1/2 cup applesauce
1/3 cup each: raisins, dates, dried figs, dried apricots
1/2 cup ground flax seeds
1 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups oats

In a large bowl combine the bananas and applesauce. Mash until smooth.
Finely chop all the dried fruit.
Stir the fruit, flax, cinnamon & vanilla into the banana/apple mixture.
Gently stir through the oats until well combined.
Using wet hands, roll 2 Tablespoons of mixture into a ball shape and press firmly til the ball holds together. Place onto a lined baking tray and press down gently to form a cookie shape.
Bake in a preheated 170C oven for 25 minutes until lightly golden brown.

(You may notice the fruit in my cookies looks brown and not coloured - that is because I use non-sulphur dried fruit. I highly recommend you use it too - its available in health food stores.)


Question of the day:
What food do you dislike but enjoy when it's cooked into something else?

11 comments:

  1. Don't you love it when ingredients make it past people who theoretically don't like them?! I know I would have no trouble enjoying these cookies - they look and sound fantastic. I like that you use non-sulphur dried fruit too :)

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  4. I dislike regular pumpkin (love butternut!) butlove pumpkin soup and pumpkin-based desserts!

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    1. Yes yes - I am a bit like that with pumpkin too - it's way better in soup & dessert!!! :-)

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  5. Yay, well done you! It's always so satisfying to come up with a recipe that they actually enjoy, despite being adamant that they don't like a certain ingredient. These days, I can get Lil' L to eat pretty much anything as long as I present it in the right way. He doesn't like dried fruit on its own, but will eat it in granola bars, and he runs a mile from berries but will happily gulp them down in a smoothie. Where there's a will, there's a way ;)

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    1. haha sounds like you've played all the hiding games that I have done too!!!!

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  6. Made these for breakfast. Yum!

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    1. Great idea for breakfast - something different is always a nice treat :-)

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