Update: Gluten-Free, Egg-Free, Sugar-Free, Soy-Free, GUILT-FREE Oatmeal Cookies
I have been making these gluten-free, egg-free, sugar-free oatmeal cookies quite a bit recently… my husband LOVES them… but for the last several times I’ve been making them an even easier way than specified in the recipe. Plus the end result is a more flavorful and even healthier cookie!
I make these cookies entirely in the food processor. I start by pulsing the bananas until they are a thin puree… add the other ingredients except the oatmeal, nuts, and raisins all at once and pulse a couple of times until everything is incorporated… add all of the oatmeal and the nuts and raisins and pulse again. It takes only a couple of quick pulses and this cookie dough is DONE. Healthy, homemade cookies made from scratch in just minutes… what can beat that?
I have found that pureeing the bananas instead of mashing them makes a tremendous difference in the sweetness and flavor of the cookies. I think this is because the thinner puree is “wetter” than mashed bananas and can be more evenly distributed throughout the dough so the sweetness and flavor of the bananas is more pronounced.
Don’t you love the idea of guilt-free “good for you” cookies? All of the ingredients for these cookies are “super healthy” except for the butter, so in the last couple of batches of cookies, I have substituted two or three tablespoons of olive oil for the butter specified in the recipe. I expected the cookies would have a different texture or taste, but we don’t really notice any difference. I wouldn’t recommend a strong-tasting olive oil for these cookies, but a light olive oil works well… or canola oil. I use less oil than the measurement for butter because oil is 100% fat but butter is only 80% fat. I’m also thinking it might be possible to leave the butter or oil out of this recipe altogether without a noticeable flavor or texture change. I’ll probably try that next!
Written by Shirley | Filed Under Cooking & Baking from Scratch, Frugality & Nutrition series, My Family's Favorite Recipes, My Soy-Free Recipes
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