Great no-sugar cookies

[Tussiemussies]

Think these looked great when I saw the picture of them -- and no sugar. I like to reconstitute raisins when I use them; they are plumper and juicier. Thought they would make a great cookie for children or a great breakfast cookie for adults.

3 mashed bananas (ripe), 1/3 cup apple sauce, 2 cups oats, 1/4 cup almond milk, 1/2 cup raisins (optional), 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp cinnamon. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

[Mrs-M]

OMG, what a mouthwatering sounding recipe! I have GOT to try this! Totally craving some right now just because of the yummy ingredients! Thanks, Tussie!

No flour, etc? Just roll into balls and place on greased sheet?

[Tussiemussies]

Hi Mrs. M

It is strange that it calls for no flour, I'm pretty sure I copied the recipe correctly. Hope I did!!!

[Rosemary]

No sugar, no flour! This is the kind of baking we do now. More filling, very tasty, less craving-inducing.
I have a recipe that uses cooked quinoa to make cookies, too - DD said, "Make these again!"

[Tussiemussies]

Hi Rosemary, we too are eating no sugar these days. Do you think you could post a baking recipe as I have a hard time finding anything and we don't use artificial sweeteners. Only if you have the time. Maybe you could recommend some boos or sites instead.

Christine

[Selah]

Thank you for this GREAT recipe, Tussiemussies! DH and I both have celiac sprue disease, so we can't eat anything with wheat flour. We have a friend who is diabetic and keeps strict kosher, so using almond milk makes the cookies pareve (neutral, i.e. neither meat nor dairy) and thus suitable for dessert when we have him over for dinner. It pleases everyone and the cookies are SO simple to make and taste great!

[fidgiegirl]

Selah, I never knew what pareve meant! I knew it had to do with kosher, but wasn't sure how . . . thanks for the info!

I am also happy this is flour-free. Thanks for sharing, tussiemussies!

[Tussiemussies]

Hi again, so glad Selah that this recipe is geared for your lifestyle. I hope they come out good as I have not tried them yet. :)

Your welcome fidgiegirl, I like to share good recipes when they come along...:)

[Zoebird]

sweet! i'm always looking for new recipies.

[Tussiemussies]

Thanks Rosemary I am going to take a look at these. I love macaroons -- I'll be sure to try that one first...:)

[Mrs-M]

Great stuff you guys.

[Tussiemussies]

Here's the one with quinoa in it.
http://rosemaryevergreen.blogspot.com/2012/06/chocolate-chip-quinoa-cookies.html

Hi Rosemary, wanted to try the macaroons but see they have dates in them. That would be too much sugar for my diabetic husband. Do you think it would effect the cookie if I take it out and used stevia as a sweetener? Thanks!

[Rosemary]

I'm sure you could. The amount of sugar/cookie is not that much, though, if you do the calculations. They are very mildly sweet. Coconut has a sweetness of its own so you might be able to omit it, particularly if you are using dairy milk which has a lot of natural sugars (I use unsweetened almond milk).

[Tussiemussies]

I'm sure you could. The amount of sugar/cookie is not that much, though, if you do the calculations. They are very mildly sweet. Coconut has a sweetness of its own so you might be able to omit it, particularly if you are using dairy milk which has a lot of natural sugars (I use unsweetened almond milk).

Thanks Rosemary, think I 'm going to try it with the coconut in and use coconut milk. I bet my husband will love these too!
>8)

[Kestrel]

OK, I made the cookies today, and they're OK. Definitely not sweet at all, except for the raisins. So next time I'll dice the plumped raisins so the sweetness can be spread around better. Also, with no salt they were pretty "flat" tasting. So next time maybe I'll grind up some salted peanuts and add. Maybe some coconut. Or flax. Or who knows. The texture was good -- a bit different, a bit chewy. They're definitely worth refining, and I'll play around with them.

I make our waffles with ground up oats, oat bran, and whatever I have on hand. Flax meal, teff, some baking powder, some salt, sugar {sorry - but you can omit that or use an artificial sweetener or honey or whatever you want), ground up "nut dust", cooked quinoa, coconut, buckwheat flour, mesquite flour ... you never know what I'll put in them, and they're always very very good. No eggs or dairy or wheat. Of course, what makes them so good is my waffle iron -- it's an old Manning Bowman and it makes the best waffles in the whole world. I know if I tried to pry off the baked-on grease and clean it up I'd ruin it and it'd never work again and then what would I do? ... I treasure it.

[Tussiemussies]

Neat Kestrel that you made the cookies. Your waffles sound fantastic, you'll have to post a recipe for them.

Keep us up to date about how your tweeking the cookies go. I haven't tried them mysel yet, but will wait to hear back from you...:)