Friday YUMMO recipes–Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Haaaaapppppyyyy FRIDAY! Whew…did this week seem DOUBLE extra LOOOOOOONG or what??? Goodness gravy!!! We are SUPER happy for the weekend! Yipeeeeee! LOL!

This week I tried a new cookie recipe that turned out absolutely DELISH. I love that it only has 1 Tablespoon of olive oil. No butter or extra fatty stuff. It has LOT’S of goody goodness too!!

I found the recipe on Clean Eating Mamma’s blog. If you haven’t ever visited her…you should really swing by.

Her food is just beautiful. I wish I ate that PRETTY every day! Visit her blog by clicking HERE. Find the original recipe HERE.

Here is the FABULOSO recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce, organic
• 1/2 cup organic raw sugar or can juice crystals
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon organic honey or agave nectar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup whole-wheat flour, sifted
• 1 1/2 cups organic rolled oats
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon, optional
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips, dark is preferred

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. In a mixer, add applesauce and sugar and mix until creamy. Add egg, vanilla, honey and olive oil. Mix well.
3. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, baking soda, salt, rolled oats, baking powder and cinnamon. Slowly add the dry to wet, mixing until moist. Add the chocolate chips at the end, stirring gently.
4. Using a teaspoon, drop spoonfuls of mixture to your baking sheet. Use parchment paper or cooking spray to prevent them from sticking. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until they are golden brown around the edges. Recipe will make about 2 dozen cookies.

** I wouldn’t worry if you don’t have ALL ORGANIC ingredients. Use what you have! I had good ‘ol Great Value Oats…and they worked JUST AS GOOD!I also think next time I will add a little flax meal for extra fiber goodness.♥

This is what the batter looked like:

It’s just a smidgen more wet than the traditional chocolate cookie recipe.

Here’s the FINAL product!

They are DELISH!

And JAXON-APPROVED!

It makes my Mamma heart happy when he likes “healthier” versions of foods.

But in true JAXON fashion…he left me a super-special-little-left-over-bite by my computer….

You just never know where you will find Jaxon surprises….or what they will be!!

Have a super blessed weekend!!

XoXo

Friday Finds: Wasa Peanut Butter Snack

Jaxon’s sweet pea came over for a little bit yesterday. As you can see…he was thrilled! They SO love to play together!

They are just too precious!

I’m so glad it’s Friday around here. Whew. I joked with my friend today that I should not have been posting so much about cleaning and organizing. My house is quite crusty dirty…and I hope to goodness I have some cleaning time this weekend. It’s really bad. That’s life though…who are we kidding if we think every thing is PERFECT every day! LOL!

I do have a quick little recipe to share today for Friday FOOD finds. Recently I’ve been working on cutting sugar out of my diet. Wow. That’s a barrel of fun isn’t it??!

I’ve finally cut out coffee and cokes. Which is monumental for me. I’ve also been researching and trying alternative snack ideas. This week I was looking at my Wasa wafer/crackers wondering what I could make with them. Have you tried Wasa wafer/crackers? Be honest…alone…they are pretty cardboardish.

Surprisingly I came up with a pretty YUMMO sugar free treat! It’s SO GOOD!

It’s the perfect sweet yet sugar-free indulgence.

It’s also very filling!

This is what I used!!!

Okay well I forgot to include the peanut better in the picture! Oh well…you get the idea!

♥One Wasa wafer

♥All-Natural Peanut Butter

♥Agave Nectar

Try it! It’s DELISH!!

It’s sugar free and guilt free. Ahhh…and it’s perfectly crunchy and VERY filling!

DELIGHTFUL!

Happy FRIDAY!