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I got this from here:
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/nikkis-healthy-cookies-recipe.html

and they were wonderful!
We're trying to eat healthy around here, but found that we were doing a terrible job at it, because we just missed the sweet stuff!
I missed baking cookies!!
These were just the trick, and very satisfying.

-3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-1/4 cup olive oil
-2 cups rolled oats
-2/3 cup almond meal (I just put a handfull of almonds in my food processor and pulsed for a few minutes. NOT TOO LONG THOUGH! or it'll turn into almost an almond butter)
-1/3 cup coconut, finely shredded & unsweetened (I didn't have any around the house, and they turned out fine. They would have been really good though!)
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
-1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
-1 teaspoon baking powder
-6 - 7 ounces chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar chopped (I used 70% and we found it to be perfect)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, racks in the top third.

In a large bowl combine the bananas, vanilla extract, and olive oil. Set aside.
 
In another bowl whisk together the oats, almond meal, shredded coconut, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips
 
The dough isn't real...doughy, but don't fret about it, just plop it onto the sheet, about 2 tsp in size. I misread this and did 2 Tbs in size. 2 tsp sounds about right though...whoops.

To prevent a mess, put them onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 12 - 14 minutes.

I cooked them about twelve minutes, and I should have cooked them longer, maybe about fifteen.

They were sooo good though!

Good for:
gluten free diets
vegan/dairy free diets (depending on what type of chocolate you use)
all natural diets/diets cutting out all processed ingredients



 

1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (originally it called for all purpose, but I don't have any)
3/4cup sugar
1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon (I love this spice, so added more, it originally called for just 1 t)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
4 mashed bananas (mine were not overly ripe, and although it took more muscle they came out fine)
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup ground pecans, optional (and more if you want them for topping, which we didn't add)

Manhattan synagogue makes $10G off of Westboro Baptist Church protest

For the tl;dr amongst us, the synagogue asked supported to pledge per minute of WBC's active protest (being defined as 6 or more protesters). WBC protested outside the synagogue for 50 minutes, and the gay/lesbian-friendly synagogue raised ten thousand bucks.

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