Power Cookies

I’ve been gone too long. But I am back, and I bear cookies!

I’m a busy beaver. I go to class, I volunteer, I participate in an energy exchange program at a wicked yoga studio in my city and I’ll soon be starting a new job on top of all that! Staying energized is a big task. Doing it healthfully and cheaply is even harder! My goal was to take something decadent and wonderful (cookie!) and reinvent it as the perfect snack, full of goodness and energy. Here’s my new favorite recipe. I eat one as a snack, two plus fruit as an on-the-go breakfast. And, let me tell you, they are GOOOOD.

Power Cookies
1/4 c. Earth Balance, softened
1/2 c. unsweetened apple sauce
1 flax egg (2.5 T ground flax, 3 T water, whisked together)*
1/4 c. water
1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 t. vanilla

3 c. old fashioned oats
1 c. spelt flour
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 T. cardamom
1/2 T. cinnamon

1/4 c. each: chocolate**, golden raisins, craisins, roughly chopped banana chips and walnuts ***

1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
2. Cream wet (and sugar) ingredients together.
3. Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then mix into wet.
4. Fold in chocolate, raisins, etc.
5. Using a 1/4 c. scoop (or measuring scoop) shape cookies into 1/2″ thick pucks.
6. Bake 18 mins.

* different sources give different measurements for flax eggs. For this recipe the above ratio is best.
** I get a bar (approx 50 grams) of fair trade organic chocolate and rough chop it because I try to only buy fair trade chocolate. Chocolate chips would also work here.
***The fold-ins can be tweaked to your preference. Carob would be great, or omit chocolate. Any dried fruits can go in place of raisins/craisins/banana chips. Any nuts can be subbed, or seeds can go in place if you are nut-free.

These babies also make a great pre-run snack!

Note: according to my calculations each cookie clocks in at around 190 calories.

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