Easy Oat Cookies

Easy Oat Cookies

These hearty, healthy cookies are without a doubt one of the easiest treats to whip up, with total cooking time only 25 minutes, perfect for a last minute sweet craving. Despite these cookies being a sweet treat, there is 0 artificial sugar in them! All of the sweetness comes from the natural sources of the dates and banana, so you can eat as many as you want, guilt free!

Ingredients:
  • 2 cups of soaked dates
  • ½ cup nut butter
  • 1 banana
  • ½ cup plain flour
  • ½ cup oat flour using Rude Health Porridge Oats
  • 1 cup whole oats
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • Almonds for decoration if desired
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Directions:
  • Soak the dates in warm water and set aside
  • Blend ½ cup oats on high in order to get oat flour
  • Blend the now soft dates, nut butter and banana together in a blender
  • In a mixing bowl, add the oat flour, plain flour, oats, baking powder and salt and stir well so the dry ingredients are evenly distributed
  • Add the wet ingredients from the blender into the mixing bowl and stir the entire mixture together to create a wet dough
  • Prep an oven tray with parchment paper
  • Spoon small dollops of mixture onto the paper with even spacing to allow for the cookies to expand
  • Press an almond into the center of each cookie
  • Bake for 15 minutes
  • Enjoy!