I'm a most-of-the-time vegan with a variety of food issues. Mostly I'm just trying to tread as softly on the earth as possible and still eat yummy food. I'm always altering recipes and leaving my notes scribbled on backs of envelopes and scraps of paper. I thought I'd gather them here where I might have a fighting chance of finding them again.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Healthy Pumpkin Spiced Cookies

Saw these on Kirs Carr's website and thought they looked like something a monkey might enjoy:


-2 cups organic raw whole rolled oats*
-8 ounces (about 1 cup) organic mashed pumpkin (from a can is OK)
-1 small ripe banana, chopped
-1/3 cup sliced almonds
-3 tablespoon ground flax seeds
-3 tablespoon grade B maple syrup
-1 ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice**
-¼ teaspoon fine sea salt

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly spray a baking sheet with a natural olive oil or canola oil cooking spray. Combine pumpkin, banana, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a large mixing bowl and mix on high with a hand mixer until mostly smooth, about two minutes. Fold in the oats, almonds and flax using a large wooded spoon until the mixture is uniform. Form 6 large cookies and bake for 14-16 minutes until set. They will stay soft but hold together well. Let cool 10 minutes before eating. Store in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

This recipe also works well if you make 12 small cookies of equal size and bake for 11-13 minutes.

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